Posts Tagged ‘Luhuo’

Day 219. 107km. Luhou – Shadui

Posted: December 17, 2015 in China, Cycling
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‘Where are you going?’ It was the police in the village I wanted to sleep. There was no room for travellers, and the nearest hotel was back where I had come from. I feared the worst, but the police helped me find a place to stay – in an empty room in the local school. Thank you police!

The weather border

The weather border

Today was about scaling the last pass before Ganzi. I did it in beautiful weather conditions – every minute it changed from bright sun to the darkest clouds. Oh, and with a constant headwind.

The high pass

The high pass

At the top of the pass

At the top of the pass

At the pass

At the pass

The weather border

The weather border

I continued down the road southwards in the evening to get some kilometres done in the evening light. In my haste, I missed passing 19000km. No photos of that yet.. Tomorrow down the river valley that has been recommended to me by different people.

Day 218. 77km. Wengda – Luhuo

Posted: December 16, 2015 in China, Cycling
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I cycled on the weather border. On one side was bright sun. On the other were the darkest of clouds. I cycled on the roadworks border. Behind me hell on earth. In front of me (mostly) prestine new road. And I cycled over a 4300m pass – my first 4000+ pass since Tajikistan.

The sunny mountains

The sunny mountains

At the top of the pass, I must have hit the true weather border. It started to rain. The wind changed direction. It looked threatening. But today I stayed in the sunny weather. This evening in Luhou I met 5 cyclists who cycled today on the dark side.. They got wet.

Looking towards the dark

Looking towards the dark

The high bridge

The high bridge