Shenzhen - Chongching - Yangshuo - Shenzhen

[futianshenzhen]

Tue 5th

Total so far 2940.
Left rongjiang at 6.20, alarm was set for 7 but had weird nightmare about Joe drowning. WTF! Maybe I'm going to find god! Got back on gaosu, without being shouted at and rode for 80 clicks then it finished. Got bollocked by a toll dude who told me it was very dangerous for bikes to be on the gaosu, so rode off the deserted dual carriageway on to a muddy, truck and buffalo filled road that went through villages with kids and dogs everywhere, which was obviously much safer. It then pissed down with rain until I arrived in yangshuo, (just after 1 pm) so couldnt get any footage of longsheng mountains. It cleared up just enough to get last few ks into town on film.
Have already seen Frank and oda at Kelly's and George at 98. Had the bike cleaned and now at Yi's giving it the once over. The exhaust bolt had rattled loose and yi is replacing the fuel valve that broke yesterday. Gonna say hi at zhuoyue then drop the bike off at will's. Then going boozing.
The chain needed another couple of links taking out, that's either 6 of 8 in total this trip...130 quai chains are pretty shite. Also the sliding part of the master link had fallen off so yi made one out of wire, nice and pikey. I have the 350 quai chain I bought from yingang to put on back in shenzhen with the new sprockets I already have. I hope I don't regret not getting them to put on a new set in Chongqing.




http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDEwNjEyMDgw.html
(Entering Guangxi Province)


http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDEwNjI4NTk2.html
(Riding into Yangshuo then some bar fun)