Quote Originally Posted by tokyokid View Post
you should change your road info on that route, I expected a bigger adventure, thats why I choosed it ...
otherwise I could go strait from xining to dunhuang without that big circle
you should go from deqin to lhasa (G318), thats more of an adventure and landscape is incredible.
the funny thing was that the 109 at kunlun shan was totally fucked for a part. dunno what happend there, but it was the last place I expected a bad road...
The info for that road was changed a while ago when an adventure cyclists gave me an update of the road conditions. Just goes to show the bad roads are running out fast! The route from Xining to Dunhuang is much less exciting. I though you were looking for adventure?

ChinaV and I were just on 318 at Litang and at the time it was a definite no-go.

109 at Kunlun Mountain was hit by a large earthquake right at the pass a few months back so what you saw was likely the damage from the quake. Got any pics of it?

The pic below is a pic of that river you crossed with a bridge. It was taken at the middle of the river on a sand bar. You cross those kinds of rivers by riding diagonally across deep water channels between sand bars until you get to the other side...like a zig zag. At first I didn't know what to do and was about to shit in my pants but then saw a local run through it on one of those little red 125's. He waited for me at the other side and we rode together for a while. Nice guy!

-click on image to see it in Panormaio-


That town you crossed was an old work camp during the revolutionary days. I used to know the name but have since forgotten. A pic below...




Glad you made the trip safely! How did your wife fare?

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