Remembering a unique road trip

Biking the Silk Road: Six-year-old Sophie's Fantasy Tour, published by New World Press in English recounts a child's epic ride along the ancient route

At the age of 6, Sophie Chen biked 2,100 km along the ancient Silk Road from Xi'an in Shaanxi province to Turpan in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

Fascinated by the Monkey King stories from Journey to the West that her mum told her, Chen was surprised to discover from her father, a professional outdoor explorer, that there is a Silk Road that the Monkey King traveled.