Saturday 31st August We camped at 3250 meters last night, on a flat piece of ground off the road, heather gorse covering the ground, it did make Keith & I sneeze a little, but no problem. Once again I choose to sleep under the stars again, it was considerably cooler than last night, but inside the sleeping bag and liner I was fine. We woke up to a cold morning, breakfast cereal peanut milk (very nice) and coffee as we brought a couple of tins of cold coffee and warmed them up all very nice. West off just after 08:15, straight onto the steep climb we left yesterday, only for around 10 miles, then a short descent, finishing with another steep climb, though we only had 40 odd miles to do today, so no big problem. With the road just as busy as yesterday it was good to get the climbing done, it was one tough climb, but we all know there is more to come. Just enjoy the descent which we did, then we came to a gradual climb at the summit Linney said thats it for the day all down hill from here, heard it all before, my Garmin had a big climb at the end. Which proved to be correct, finally reached the summit before passing through the final police check in the Xinjiang Autonomous region China,all through no problem, staying in the small town of Ytimbulak. Had a meal in the first restaurant over the crossing,then located the tourist hotel with the help of the local police.