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  1. Re: Home

    Weifang and Yantai
    July 1 and 2
    Odometer: 8400(+450)(+270)

    http://i.imgur.com/l8wtAPJ.png

    ​Home
  2. Home

    July 31st Liangshan
    odometer 7866 (+392)

    The Barn Doors
    http://i.imgur.com/sSVqiXA.png


    Waking up, we were tired. We slept in, knowing the museum didn't open early. Taking our time in the...
  3. Anyang

    Anyang July 30th
    Odometer 7474 (+200km)

    Well, How Come These People Are Nice?
    http://i.imgur.com/XR62vKr.png
    I woke up in the middle of the night again with wheat belly. This is getting...
  4. Re: Yichuan

    Jincheng - July 30th
    Odometer 7272
    http://i.imgur.com/ZD1Vln9.png
    Wheat Belly

    During the night, at that moment just as a faint glow can be seen on the horizon and you begin to make out the...
  5. Yichuan

    Yichuan July 28th
    No Odometer reading today

    http://i.imgur.com/PgqK3n5.png

    Terracotta Attack Plants


    Remember yesterdays awesome tofu and gravy breakfast? Well, returned to the same shop...
  6. Xian

    Xian - July 26
    Odometer: 6620 (+380 km)

    http://i.imgur.com/6fSNk9f.png

    The Day of Rest

    We were awake before Frank and began packing up at around 5:30am. The first hour of riding was...
  7. Re: Chengxian

    Don't worry. More is on the way. Life just became a bit hectic for a while.
  8. Chengxian

    Chengxian - July 24
    Odometer: 6240 (+346 km)

    Frank the Yodeler

    http://i.imgur.com/hzxqSF0.jpg

    We got up at sunrise and began the day. I found a little hut that was even more hidden than our...
  9. Re: Langmusi

    Bamacun - July 23
    Odometer 5894 (+242 km)

    Chain Swap Johnnie and the Mountain-top Snuffers


    http://i.imgur.com/ZYJkw2Z.jpg

    Through-out the night, I could hear the burbling of a little...
  10. Langmusi

    Langmusi - July 22
    Odometer: (+288 km)

    Into the Mud


    http://i.imgur.com/Sg90cLf.jpg

    I got up and found some breakfast. I also wandered around till I found a nice hardware store that could...
  11. Re: BingLing Grottoes

    :rolleyes1:hehehe :clap:

    These bags were pretty waterproof. But they were saggy, and easy to walk away with, tough to lock up. All of those things I could deal with but they just fell apart. Now,...
  12. Re: BingLing Grottoes

    I'm in Canada right now, visiting for my brothers wedding. When I get back, I'm going to replace all the little things on the bike. plugs and bearings for starters. The valves need to be checked for...
  13. Re: BingLing Grottoes

    Tongren - July 22
    Odometer: 5418 (+168 km)


    毛牛!
    http://i.imgur.com/v6KXH7n.jpg


    I think that it's common knowledge on a bike trip, that one shouldn't be rushed. Nothing makes a trip less...
  14. Re: BingLing Grottoes

    Yeah, thats exactly what I did. The gravel back entrance can be reached via a paved road. It's about ten km. The road is marked in Chinese but not English and it doesn't show up exactly where Baidu...
  15. BingLing Grottoes

    Bingling Grottoes - July 20th
    Odometer 5250 (+226 km)

    Don't Tell Me it Can't Be Done

    http://i.imgur.com/RrPVnpg.jpg

    This morning started early. At 6 am, I was more than happy to sleep in a...
  16. Re: Flower Ocean and Blue Rock City

    Hongya Village - July 19th
    Odometer: 5024 (+156km)

    The Birthplace of the Dalai Lama

    http://i.imgur.com/fQLL2PB.jpg



    During the night we spent under the bridge, we heard something like...
  17. Flower Ocean and Blue Rock City

    Flower Ocean and Blue Rock City - July 18
    Odometer: 4868 (307km)

    The Best Road of the Trip

    http://i.imgur.com/MJFlQ2c.jpg

    I woke up early, ready to get a full day in. I did my Chinese...
  18. Zhangye

    Zhangye July 17
    Odometer: 4561 (+323)

    I am the Spectacle!

    The night in the hills was cold. We have sleeping bags that zip together and so we could spoon to conserve warmth. We developed a...
  19. Jiayuguan

    Jiayuguan - July 16
    Odometer: 4238

    Hiding in the Mountains

    http://i.imgur.com/FqLbB06.jpg


    We were up at the first sign of twilight. Both Andrea and I were worried that some shepherds...
  20. Yumen...kinda

    Yumen July 15
    Odometer: 3911


    Hide and Sheep

    http://i.imgur.com/GuuMMs1.jpg
  21. Dunhuang

    Dunhuang - July 13-15


    The Road That Eats Cameras

    ​http://i.imgur.com/T8gvm6s.jpg

    We didn't wait around in the morning. We had a quick breakfast of snack food and we left. We made good time...
  22. Re: China, West to East (Urumqi,Xining,Xian,Yantai)

    Hami - July 12

    How we got our Hami melon

    http://i.imgur.com/jd08pBE.jpg


    It's all Gaosu from Turpan to Hami. You don't gain any elevation either, so it's all just hot. Really hot. The sun...
  23. Re: China, West to East (Urumqi,Xining,Xian,Yantai)

    @zhu. I usually do the same thing. Near by my house, I had a great place that I went to. They had a good selection of good quality oil. They were fast and cheap. They always threw in a free wash too....
  24. Re: China, West to East (Urumqi,Xining,Xian,Yantai)

    Turpan - July 9th-11th

    http://i.imgur.com/GVB8xuf.jpg


    We woke up and got moving around 8. It was cooler than I thought it would be, but even in the morning, I could feel the heat starting up....
  25. Re: China, West to East (Urumqi,Xining,Xian,Yantai)

    Screw Onedrive, frig-off microsoft. Everything has been changed to Imgur.

    Lhasa - Urumqi
    July 6-8

    http://i.imgur.com/a40vIvh.png


    From Lhasa, we took the train to Urumqi, stopping briefly...
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