He cycled hundreds of miles in the wrong direction (Picture: Reuters)

Imagine life without sat navs, maps or even phones to tell us where to go.

We’d probably all end up lost, right?

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Well for one young migrant worker, ‘lost’ doesn’t quite cover how he must have felt.

And that’s because 30 days after he made the decision to cycle across China to get home, he realised he had been travelling the wrong way.


Yes, he ended up a whopping 1,522 miles away from his starting point in Rizhao.

He went down the country, rather than up

The poor guy had been cycling night and day, living in internet cafes and surviving on barely any money.

He was eventually stopped by police because he was cycling on a highway which is not to be used by bike riders.

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He told traffic cops that he was heading home to Qiqihar City for Chinese New Year – which was then less than a week away.



Police were quick to tell him that he was in fact in Wuhu, in eastern Anhui Province (the opposite way).

The officers felt so sorry for the man, who originally set off in December, that they clubbed together and bought him a bus ticket home.

They then transported his bicycle in the back of a squad car and sent him to the nearest bus terminal, where he and his trusty bike boarded the coach and were sent back to his hometown.

Despite his initial plans failing, the cyclist made it home in time for the celebrations with his family (1,500 miles later…).