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Thursday 24th August
After the debacle of last night, we had a lay in until 09:00, had breakfast in the hotel, Keith and Linney went to find a bike shop, I caught up with the blog, with a view to get on the bikes around mid-day, with a 62 mile ride, it should not be that bad or so we thought. We set off just after 12, out through the city of Holtan, we soon reached the first check point, we are all resigned to the fact that they will ask the same questions, photocopy and take pictures of passports and visa, then usually let you go, this one was just like the rest, though we did have a selfie with one of the other guys in the queue, the police were not very impressed, but we got through, albeit with a police tail for the first 20 mile.
Then we hit the desert again, the road just got tougher and tougher, always up a steady incline with the head wind getting stronger as the day wore on, we stopped for a little bit of respite in the only shade we could find, underneath the plinth of a crashed car put on show to deter speeding. Had a little snack each, all of us looking at the road ahead, as it turned even more into the wind. We all checked are water, then set off for the last 20 mile push, it was hard going with sand blowing all over the place, always climbing, to be honest it was a relive when the police check finally arrived, same procedure, albeit with a free ice lolly and a slice of melon, then the officer said no hotels in the town X, we should him the list we had, he said that was an old list, they are all closed. He said there was an international hotel 15 km away, when we tried to show him on the map it was around 50 miles away, we said we can not cycle to there tonight, at first he said OK carry on, then just as we were leaving he said wait 5 min, we ended up boarding a bus to take us to the hotel 50 miles away, there was not much room for negotiating, so all the baggage of the bikes and onto the bus. The bus went through two police checks, we held it up both times as they don the passport / visa checks and the same old questions. Finally we arrived at the town X with the international hotel, after the police check, we got the bikes and baggage off the bus all in a bit of a hurry, leaving one of my front pannier bags on the bus, Linney with his google App managed to persuade the police to go and track the bag, I ended up in the police 4 * 4 chasing the bus down with the blues and twos going, in the end he spoke with the police at the next checkpoint they turned the bus around and dropped of the bag, good lads.
With a police escort to the hotel, we managed to book in, it was straight up to the room quick change and was then out next door for some food, with the police hot on are tail, asking where we were going next, to bed we all said. After a really nice meal and a few beers and a chat about tomorrows ride, around 70 mile to a place called Niye (with an international hotel) that’s is exactly what we did, went to bed.
By: | Dale |
Started in: | 和田市, 新疆维吾尔自治区, CN |
Distance: | 61,3 mi. |
Selected: | 61,3 mi. |
Elevation: | + 934 / - 1103 ft |
Moving Time: | 05:08:27 |
Page Views: | 369 |
Departed: | 22 aug 2019 12:05 |
Starts in: | 和田市, 新疆维吾尔自治区, CN |
Distance: | 61,3 mi. |
Selected distance: | 61,3 mi. |
Elevation: | + 934 / - 1103 ft |
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Total Duration: | 06:52:56 |
Selection Duration: | 24776 |
Moving Time: | 05:08:27 |
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Stopped Time: | 01:44:29 |
Max Speed: | 46,4 mph |
Avg Speed: | 11,9 mph |
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