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#5 Re: Day 2 - "Road of Stones"
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04-10-2010, 09:00 AMATTENTION - ADVENTURE AHEAD!!!
On the way, when mountains are steeper, I see a lot of stones, rocks and landslides. In general, even not much traffic, there is massive road construction everywhere. Older roads, unpaved, are being replaced by smaller or bigger concrete or even asphalt roads. The speed of construction comes at a price:
I am not sure, how this happened. Based on traces this happened some days before I came there:
More rocks on the street. I do not want to ride here during heavy rain:
The little river below is being blocked by several dams along the road:
And here we go. The end of that road? It looks like riding back those 80km out of that valley:
Closer inspection. Wood and bigger rocks are blocking the little "foot-path"...:
Some locals arriving at one side of the roadblock, and leaving at "my" side on a waiting truck. I'm alone here now:
Look at the natural rain-coat, the guys wears on the leftt:
Still time by time some rocks are coming down from there:
What happens now is about 30 minutes of road improvement work. Moving wood and rocks to make a path for the bike. Protected with helmet and bike jacket. I'm dirty and sweaty now. Taking the panniers off the bike, fire it up and push it in first gear towards the landslide. Heart is pounding. What if I get stuck? Constantly looking for falling rocks I push the bike up. Then I can't move forward. A piece of wood catches the bike at the other side. I climb on the seat to kick the bike free. Break pedal is bent now. I move on - still looking for rocks. after some minutes of pushing its over and done. Two more runs for the panniers. A cigarillo and 2 bottles of water. Cooling off and get relaxed again. No pictures taken during action.
Looking back:
Damage assessment. The bent break pedal is soon back to original shape thanks to soft chinese steel quality. The aluminum engine sump guard is a bit dented. Nothing, which a plastic hammer can't fix later at the garage. Obviously the newly installed protectors had done their job, especially protecting water pump and hoses:
Roadwork is still ongoing here. I wonder how this road looked like 1 year ago:
Can you see the flying bamboo trunks:
A cable car for bamboo:
more slides and rocks:
The road is really carved into the steep mountain sloop:
Workers cleaning off the road:
Here you can see the old road on the right,which is actually under water - river dam project - and track of the new road, not on the map, where I am riding.
Last edited by Pfaelzer; 04-10-2010 at 02:58 PM.
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