2008 Secret Valley

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Downhill towards Sihai

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Suddenly in dense fog

Within the fog, temperatures went down and soon the fog started to freeze on our clothes and visors.


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Three in the fog

It was freezing cold and we thought that we had to return when we suddenly were in bright sunshine with much better temperatures.

We made our way to the point where the path turns off the main road.
The dirt road climbed steadily and soon we reached a gate. Closed, locked up with a chain and no one around. After we found there was no way around, we decided to take the one door out of it's hinges, drive through and put it back in place :lol8:

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After the gate

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We crossed several remaining snow patches

Incredible views opened up and when we stopped and the engines were off, we could enjoy the complete quiet in this area.

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The end of secret valley


We always waited for another gate to appear, but surprisingly it never did :eekers:

Maps

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http://www.mychinamoto.com/forums/%3...20/%3E%3C/a%3E

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Originally Posted by chinabiker

3 of us - Robert, Louis and myself -

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Now if your fathers name was Stephen.:riding:

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Originally Posted by Nick in PRC.

Now if your fathers name was Stevenson.:riding:

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Fixified.

You know your classics Nick!

xxxxx

Chinabiker,

I think were not laughing at you but talking about a famous travel book writer named Robert Louis Stevenson. It's true!

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Originally Posted by CrazyCarl

Chinabiker,

I think were not laughing at you but talking about a famous travel book writer named Robert Louis Stevenson. It's true!

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Tis true.

Hope ya didn't take the post down on my account.

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Well Well Well!

For those who don't know, Robert Louis Stevenson has written Treasure Island one of the best Adventure book of all time.

So Nick's reference first shows that he has read at least one book in his life second IMHO a positive acknowledgment of Chinabiker's thread!

Hope that PCness won't strike this forum:lol8:

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Originally Posted by Brice

So Nick's reference first shows that he has read at least one book in his life

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but not that one:mwink:

yeah, why read a whole book when you can just read the title and imagine what the rest is about!

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Originally Posted by Nick in PRC.

but not that one:mwink:

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So the count is nil since nobody but you can decently consider the "Shanghai Nightlife Guide" as a book.:naughty:

Carl, if you feel to move this thread to the local JM...

Cool pics. It looks like it was a great ride. I hope you can post some more pics soon.

Glad to see this nice RR back:thumbsup:. So we need some mod to move it back to the riding section pleeeeeaaaase.