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Wednesday 4th September Nice meal in café next door to the hotel / hostel, when it came to paying for the meal and the hostel rooms, we realised that we did have much cash! School boy error again, paid for the meal and room, then counted out what we had left, around 200 yen, (£20). Dug out some Sterling, Euros and Dollars, then went to see the guy again, he preferred the Euros so changed 70 Euros, that will last until we reach the next bank (ATM) about 200miles away, two nights camping.
We had to wait for the café next door to open for breakfast, it was worth the wait, noodles tomatoes and scrambled egg all the in same bowl, hence we did not get going to just after 9,only went 20 m down the road when Keith had a blow out in his front tyre, the tyre came straight off the rim (he did put some air in the tyre before we left, possibly to much), changed the inner tube and set off again. Linney then said his bike was not balance correctly, as we were all carrying at least 8 Litres of water, as well as extra food. He stopped and re-balanced his bags, it was just one of those days we could not seem to get going.
However we soon got going, riding three abreast on quite roads, with the lake on one side and the dunes on the other, it was very pleasant, came across some sort of resort, down a private road, in two minds wherever to go down there or not, decided on the later. There was a little hamlet showing on the map, at 45ish miles, rode on to there, maybe we could get a meal, or hot water for the pot noddles. It was better than that, had a shop and a restaurant, seemed like a posh workers complex for the new factory, so had another big fill, so much better than the pot noddles and a good rest.
We had plenty of time, so just rolled on through the desert, the car drivers are getting a lot more courteous, waving , beeping their horns, generally being very nice, even stopping for photo shoots and giving us, bottles of water, cans of red bull (ice cold) and ice cold coffee all received with thanks. We pushed on with a plan to make around 70 odd miles to day, with the same planned for the next day, then a relatively easy day to the town.
With nothing around we just kept going, Keith out in front, with Linney taking pictures of the dead straight road, just rising up and up until Keith pulled over with a flat rear tyre, that made are minds up, fix the flat, then find a suitable camping spot off the road. First place not good so moved, then found a nice sandy spot, in a hollow, I am undecided on whether to sleep under the stars, will wait till the sun goes down and see how cold it is.
By: | Dale |
Started in: | 柴旦镇, 青海省, CN |
Distance: | 84.3 mi |
Selected: | 84.3 mi |
Elevation: | + 1514 / - 805 ft |
Moving Time: | 06:01:47 |
Page Views: | 293 |
Departed: | Sep 4, 2019, 9:03 am |
Starts in: | 柴旦镇, 青海省, CN |
Distance: | 84.3 mi |
Selected distance: | 84.3 mi |
Elevation: | + 1514 / - 805 ft |
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Total Duration: | 09:07:43 |
Selection Duration: | 32863 |
Moving Time: | 06:01:47 |
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Stopped Time: | 03:05:56 |
Max Speed: | 28.0 mph |
Avg Speed: | 14.0 mph |
Pace: | 00:06:30 |
Moving Pace: | 00:04:17 |
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