One fine day, Zhao Tianci, 28, decided to quit his job to be able to spend more time with his mother, an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient.

"My mother has had ALS for eight years now," says Zhao. Because of increasing work pressure, there was very little time Zhao could devote to her. It was time he changed all that. He decided to take her on a road trip to the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. That's why he quit his job.

On June 11, Zhao and his mother set off from Shangqiu, Henan province. For the next 31 days Zhao kept driving and, sometimes, pushing his mother's wheel chair through the major attractions in Xinjiang, including the Sayram Lake, Gurbantunggut Desert and Kanasi Scenic Area. He also shot and shared videos of their travel online.