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I recently got a VPN, which means I can use flickr again, so I'll try to get this ride report finished in the next few weeks. I haven't even started the RR for last years ride form Harbin to Dali....

1. Any place that does translation can do it. Just make sure they have the official stamp thing. If its some student doing it out of their basement or something they won't accept it.
2. Its China...

[QUOTE]The experts on staying cool in heat are those who live in the desert (e.g., Saudi, etc), and you will always see them covered from head to foot in wraps of clothing. Although appearing...

Quick update, made it to shanghai in one piece, if any shanghai people are meeting up in the next few days let me know!

So, I haven't finished the ride report from last summer (Flicker got harmonized and I don't have a vpn, and Harbin's internet sucks in general) but I promise it will get finished someday. I haven't...

The harsh desert heat took a toll on my dash panel

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We stopped in some small town to...

Amen!

After the storm, it was more cruising west. Not much to see besides sand.

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They had some...

So after our ill-fated trip to the lake, we went looking for a place to stay. The problem was, going down that road had cost us a big chunk of the day, and it was getting dark. In the southeast of...

Man I can't even imagine...



Thanks! Glad to know somebody is reading it. haha.

So, we were finally in Xinjiang. We had no real plan other than to go along the southern roads to Kashgar, and then loop around the north on the way back. I don't know if any of you have ever...

Thats interesting, I've never heard of it. I bet you're right. Also, its a bummer I didn't end up going through xian on my way back. It would have been fun to meet up.



Thanks. As for having...

Where the 315 goes over the mountains was really cool. It was a nice change from the flat desert we had been in for the last few days. The dirt and rocks were very colorful, the road was curvy, and...

At this point we were getting pretty close to the border of Xinjiang, which was a major step in the goal of getting to Kashgar. We had been camping a lot, and hadn't got a place to stay in Geermu, so...

Sand. (don't remember if this was taken before or after geermu, but it was all pretty much the same)

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I don't know if I just didn't take pictures, or they got deleted, but at some point we got to geermu (golmud). Since my pictures don't exist, I will paint a picture of golmud for you with my...

Once in a while we would come across places with some kind of grass growing. The ground was really salty.

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After hanging out at the lake for 2 days, it was time to keep going west. There were a few mountains, and the land started turning to desert.
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After a lazy afternoon, we went to find some food. Because all of the roadside restaurants were geared toward tourists, we couldn't find any other tibetan food, so just went for a bowl of noodles....

The weather around the lake was really interesting. The air was really really cold, but the sun was really really hot. There wasn't really a way to be comfortable. If you were in the shade it was...

The road to Xining was uneventful, and pretty good riding. It was just the same old, so I didn't stop to take any pics or anything. I was a little worried about how the bike would do as the altitude...

After camping in a beautiful valley, we were headed for Lanzhou. It was a fairly steep mountain road, and the overloaded 125 was doing its best, but all of a sudden I felt a jerk. I pulled over and...

After passing into Ningxia, The scenery and overall feel of things started to change. Before I felt like it was a conveyor belt of endless Easter/coastal China. Every city/village/person was typical...

Congrats man, I was following your progress on weibo, that was an amazing ride!

I'm trying to do the same thing, but I have to break it into chunks that fit into my summer vacations. What kind of...

lonely tree

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After a good night of sleep we got on our way. The grasslands started to...