Date |
Day distance |
m ascend |
m descend |
|
Country |
Place of stay |
Sleeping |
Description of the day |
05/04/2004 |
55.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lebanon |
byblos |
tent |
cycling on 8_lane highway. diesel pollution in the longs |
06/04/2004 |
53.69 |
1084 |
309 |
|
lebanon |
ehden |
hotel |
nice secondary road along the coast. First climbing experience |
07/04/2004 |
74.86 |
493 |
1308 |
|
lebanon |
syrien border |
room next to garage |
nice steep one hours climb, descending to tripoli. Ride along the coat to syrian border |
08/04/2004 |
70.30 |
732 |
304 |
|
syrie |
dreikeesh |
house of girl |
short cost ride with wind (15 knots) in our face. after tartus steep climb, in beautiful scenery to dreikeesh |
09/04/2004 |
83.45 |
1160 |
1262 |
|
syrie |
hama |
hotel cairo |
first very steep climbs. descending to hama |
10/04/2004 |
55.04 |
208 |
336 |
|
syrie |
apamea |
hotel taj apamia |
easy cycling day in flat agriculture surrounding, in apamea we were welcomed by old romans ruins |
11/04/2004 |
132.00 |
310 |
121 |
|
syrie |
allepo |
hotel |
first quart cycling between green farm land, last part on dusty highway |
12/04/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
syrie |
rustdag |
hotel |
sight seeing day |
13/04/2004 |
115.50 |
302 |
391 |
|
syrie |
turkey border |
house in construction |
starting on highway in dry surrounding. finishing in green hilly fairy-tale land |
14/04/2004 |
31.46 |
51 |
43 |
|
turkey |
eufraat |
tent eufraat |
crossing border, swimming in river the eufraat |
15/04/2004 |
105.73 |
1184 |
985 |
|
turkey |
urfa |
hotel pallas |
strong wind (20 nots) in our back. a couple of long climbs. diversity of surrounding-green farm land and dry field with rocks. blue sky. two flat tyres |
16/04/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
turkey |
resting day urfa |
hotel pallas |
sight seeing day |
17/04/2004 |
95.15 |
936 |
682 |
|
turkey |
siverik |
hotel siverik |
wind in our face (15 knots) blue sky. couple of long climbs in beautiful untouched dry surrounding |
18/04/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
turkey |
siverik |
hotel siverik |
sight seeing day |
19/04/2004 |
93.98 |
938 |
1010 |
|
turkey |
diyarbakir |
hotel gap |
this was a heavy day. strong head wind. a lot ascending and descending. open fields with rocks |
20/04/2004 |
52.67 |
753 |
635 |
|
turkey |
bagdere |
house of patrol station |
wide open green fields as far you can see |
21/04/2004 |
76.60 |
982 |
1022 |
|
turkey |
kozluk |
cheap doggy hotel |
dark day with rain, rocky surrounding, bad road |
22/04/2004 |
106.17 |
1678 |
663 |
|
turkey |
tatvan |
hotel uzun |
day started in a green (cone shape) hills and transformed to rough rocky mountain area. for 50 km we followed river upstream |
23/04/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
turkey |
van |
hotel ipek |
boot trip over lake van. excellent view on mountains with white tops |
24/04/2004 |
61.22 |
513 |
244 |
|
turkey |
ozalp |
in teachers house |
great day cycling. passing two beautiful lakes with mountains on the background. rain at the end of the day |
25/04/2004 |
40.92 |
? |
? |
|
turkey |
dogubayazit |
hotel |
this was a heavy day. strong head. a lot ascending and descending. open fields with rocks |
26/04/2004 |
57.21 |
97 |
476 |
|
iran |
maku |
hotel |
easy day. mt arrarat next to us, brilliant !! crossing boarder and ascending to first city in iran. |
27/04/2004 |
160.62 |
876 |
968 |
|
iran |
20 km before Saray |
tent |
longest day. slow long climbs. dry surrounding. no more enjoying claxons as in turkey |
28/04/2004 |
103.99 |
845 |
512 |
|
iran |
trabris |
hotel morvarid |
another long day for reaching tabris. starting with serious long climb ending with flat roads. the closer by tabris the busier the road |
29/04/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
iran |
rabris |
hotel morvarid |
sight seeing day |
30/04/2004 |
131.61 |
1030 |
750 |
|
iran |
serab |
serab in |
|
01/05/2004 |
74.99 |
702 |
702 |
|
iran |
serayin |
hotel roz |
the whole day rain in |
02/05/2004 |
117.17 |
377 |
2064 |
|
iran |
astara |
astala questhouse |
starting with strong head wind and long slopes uphill. After passing a tunnel the scenery was stunning, thick green forest. 40 km spectacular descending |
03/05/2004 |
73.31 |
0 |
0 |
|
iran |
student hotel |
student hotel |
left from us the caspien sea, right from us green mountains. Many enjoying traffic on the road |
04/05/2004 |
118.95 |
0 |
0 |
|
iran |
rasht |
hotel |
busy road along the coast, head wind, caspien sea on the left, rice fields on the right, some rain |
05/05/2004 |
121.71 |
0 |
0 |
|
iran |
ramsa |
appartment on the coast |
another great ride along the coast |
06/05/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
iran |
ramsa |
appartment on the coast |
resting day |
07/05/2004 |
81.64 |
1452 |
217 |
|
iran |
hasankeif |
tent |
steep climbs in very green scenery, lots of youth picnicking along the road. Lots of them might be a bit drunk ? |
08/05/2004 |
72.27 |
1922 |
1104 |
|
iran |
chiabise |
house in construction |
40 km only climbing following a river. Great rocky surrounding. Passing narrow gorges |
09/05/2004 |
142.73 |
971 |
1695 |
|
iran |
teheran |
hotel haf |
long ascending ride passing also field full tulips |
17/05/2004 |
72.90 |
1437 |
849 |
|
iran |
rhodahen |
sleeping in a mosque |
nice mountains on the left of us and covered with some snow. But lots of enjoying cars and truck. Everybody was suffering with headaches or sure thought of all the gasses |
18/05/2004 |
81.52 |
1195 |
2068 |
|
iran |
in the mountains |
sleeping in teahouse |
nice long climbs, highest point 2559 m, great ascending in a gorge |
19/05/2004 |
107.38 |
183 |
1021 |
|
iran |
babolsar |
litle beach house |
long ascending in very green surrounding of trees, later on cycling between rice fields, cycling along the sea |
20/05/2004 |
107.16 |
225 |
179 |
|
iran |
beshar |
sleeping in house on persioin carpet |
riding in between green rice fields, passing small towns. Nice last climb to the town beshar |
21/05/2004 |
122.59 |
514 |
425 |
|
iran |
aliabad |
hotel |
rain, rain, rain. first boring highway. Later green hills. |
22/05/2004 |
78.31 |
447 |
366 |
|
iran |
galikash |
hotel |
road through hilly surrounding with yellow grain fields and forest on the hill slopes of the mountains |
23/05/2004 |
91.64 |
1232 |
123 |
|
iran |
robate qarah bil |
sleeping in house on persion carpet |
|
24/05/2004 |
106.10 |
1231 |
1457 |
|
iran |
bojenurd |
student hotel |
|
25/05/2004 |
119.63 |
515 |
282 |
|
iran |
quchan |
guesthouse bike factory |
|
26/05/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
iran |
mashad |
hotel |
rest day, sightseeing Mashad. The holy shrine of Reza |
27/05/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
iran |
mashad |
guesthouse bike factory |
resting day |
28/05/2004 |
81.71 |
1537 |
1228 |
|
iran |
bajgiran |
hotel |
three long climbs to reach the boarder place. A hot day, extra resistance of the soft surface of the road |
29/05/2004 |
61.13 |
337 |
1646 |
|
turkmenistan |
aschabat |
hotel aschabat |
crossing border with turkmenistan, , long descending rides, the temperature was getting higher |
30/05/2004 |
49.74 |
0 |
0 |
|
turkmenistan |
jasklijk |
sleeping at a house of a camel driver |
short day after visit asghabat |
31/05/2004 |
169.57 |
263 |
252 |
|
turkmenistan |
Tedzhen |
The only Hotel in town for 1 dollar |
long day of 170 km, nice wind in the back |
01/06/2004 |
147.33 |
157 |
105 |
|
turkmenistan |
mary |
hotel |
very hot (40 C) we had twice a break for a swim in a river, great !! we bike in the morning and late in the afternoon |
02/06/2004 |
117.80 |
250 |
260 |
|
turkmenistan |
uch chaze |
sleeping in a room next to kitchen |
great dessert ride, hot again ! Sand dunes. street road going up and sown, green vegetation |
03/06/2004 |
141.52 |
605 |
600 |
|
turkmenistan |
turkmenabat |
hotel and soome extra service if you like |
hot hot hot. great dessert experience. we head 4 hours break at repetek. sleeping was hard because it was hot |
04/06/2004 |
66.75 |
76 |
85 |
|
uzbekistan |
alat |
hotel |
crossing border always exciting |
05/06/2004 |
78.81 |
0 |
0 |
|
uzbekistan |
bukhara |
mubinjon's bukhara house |
cycling on very wide roads on soft surface, and strong head wind |
06/06/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
uzbekistan |
bukhara |
mubinjon's bukhara house |
|
07/06/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
uzbekistan |
bukhara |
mubinjon's bukhara house |
|
08/06/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
uzbekistan |
taskent |
train |
night train from bukhara to taskent |
09/06/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
uzbekistan |
taskent |
hotel |
organised two months double entry Chinese visa at Chinese embassy in tashkent |
10/06/2004 |
69.77 |
150 |
50 |
|
uzbekistan |
tent at syr-darya river |
tent at syr-darya river |
easy ride on the highway. Not many cars. green surrounding. many trees in villages. Staying at night on beautiful spot at the syr-dariya river. |
11/06/2004 |
118.54 |
50 |
50 |
|
uzbekistan |
dashtabad |
staying at friendly family |
long boring day. High temperture.bad road with very soft top layer. Having lots of tea and being spoiled with food at the family house |
12/06/2004 |
128.06 |
694 |
343 |
|
uzbekistan |
bulunghur |
staying at friendly family |
first half was in flat dry surrounding. After lunch it was getting hilly and green. Again been g invited at family house to stay. Amazing so hospitable. Great food. |
13/06/2004 |
34.43 |
161 |
208 |
|
uzbekistan |
samarkand |
hotel |
easy ride going down to beautiful city samerkand |
14/06/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
uzbekistan |
samarkand |
hotel |
enjoying g the city samarkand with all mausoleums, minarets and mosques |
15/06/2004 |
64.58 |
483 |
157 |
|
tajikistan |
penjekent |
hotel |
nice ride passing many small villages. boarder crossing, this was the most simple boarder we have ever seen. just a few soldiers and hardly any fences |
16/06/2004 |
103.59 |
1386 |
983 |
|
tajikistan |
ayni |
hotel |
rough road, ancient villages, old russian rosty iron bridges to cross the big river many times, untouched mountain surrounding |
17/06/2004 |
61.50 |
930 |
209 |
|
tajikistan |
anzob |
teahouse/café |
60 km following the river steep uphill, great waterfall. Good pasta lunch. Again rough road. Many volga's Russian car) passing us |
18/06/2004 |
105.94 |
1300 |
2600 |
|
tajikistan |
dushanbe |
hotel warsch |
long 18 km climb to pass of 3373 m high, great snowy mountains. Ascending for 60 km to duschambe following the river, great kebab for lunch |
19/06/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
tajikistan |
dushanbe |
hotel warsch |
sleeping, interneting and lots of eating at turkish restaurant with nice yoghurts cakes and …….to much to name |
20/06/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
tajikistan |
dushanbe |
hotel warsch |
sleeping, interneting, lots of eating watching football (holland- czech), olivier arrived !! |
21/06/2004 |
22.06 |
86 |
64 |
|
tajikistan |
kofarnikhon |
russian guesthouse |
start up day after chilling out in dushanbe |
22/06/2004 |
75.06 |
1099 |
691 |
|
tajikistan |
obigarm |
hotel run by women |
warm day, good road, lots of farms |
23/06/2004 |
39.93 |
747 |
789 |
|
tajikistan |
komsomolabad |
beutifull house with nice garden |
bad road, very hot, beautiful wide gorge |
24/06/2004 |
60.39 |
1020 |
803 |
|
tajikistan |
tavildara |
farm house |
bad road, many destroyed tanks aside the road |
25/06/2004 |
60.00 |
1964 |
275 |
|
tajikistan |
khaburabot pass |
militaire base on the pass |
27 km relatively flat road to the start of the 30 km climb. staring in a gorge, later cycling in green fields, ending in snow at saghirdasht pass 3252 m |
26/06/2004 |
34.91 |
139 |
2015 |
|
tajikistan |
kalaikhum |
familie house hotel |
ascending in gorge on perfect frozen ground |
27/06/2004 |
71.86 |
978 |
640 |
|
tajikistan |
dashtak |
familie house |
great ride following the border river between tajikistan and afghanistan. steep dry canyons en high mountains on both sides |
28/06/2004 |
84.37 |
1050 |
714 |
|
tajikistan |
vamd |
onder tree, chai bed |
starting with the great view on the afghan border (the afghan side was less developed then the tajikstan side). At the end of the day the river changed into a large lake |
29/06/2004 |
82.37 |
568 |
428 |
|
tajikistan |
khorog |
msdsp guesthouse |
flat ride along the lake and the meandering river until the lunch. ending the day with more hilly climbs to civilised Khorog. |
30/06/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
tajikistan |
khorog |
msdsp guesthouse |
chilling out in khorog |
01/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
tajikistan |
khorog |
msdsp guesthouse |
resting day. we had a nightmare, holland laws kicked out by portugal in the european championship |
02/07/2004 |
69.79 |
1069 |
295 |
|
tajikistan |
wer |
sleeping in wonderfull tajik house |
2905 m highest point, |
03/07/2004 |
62.20 |
805 |
148 |
|
tajikistan |
jelondy |
sleeping in old windy hotel |
3530 highest point, easy ride ascending in green surrounding |
04/07/2004 |
75.52 |
1118 |
776 |
|
tajikistan |
alichur |
camping with great vieuw over blue lake |
4237 highest point, ride in giant half pipe of mountains |
05/07/2004 |
112.44 |
982 |
1141 |
|
tajikistan |
murgab |
acted guesthouse (great) |
4171 highest point, long ride over wide plateau. Yaks and yurt country |
06/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
tajikistan |
murgab |
acted guesthouse (great) |
resting day, buying pamir souvenirs |
07/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
tajikistan |
murgab |
acted guesthouse (great) |
4wd adventure, we were stocked in the mud with two cars. |
08/07/2004 |
64.59 |
645 |
98 |
|
tajikistan |
sleeping under akbaital pass |
camping before high pass |
4308 highest point, nice untouched dry red mountains surrounding, strong head wind |
09/07/2004 |
72.93 |
590 |
919 |
|
tajikistan |
sary kull |
acted geusthouse |
4655 highest point, climb to highest point of the pamir. Great view |
10/07/2004 |
56.35 |
697 |
596 |
|
tajikistan |
kizil art pass |
familie house between border of tajikistan and kyrgistan |
4310 highest point, small but two serious climbs, good exercise for the longs, loving great country tajikistan |
11/07/2004 |
42.22 |
99 |
915 |
|
tajikistan |
sary tash |
busride to osh (kyrgistan) |
easy ride on rough road down to green valleys of scary tash, when we were down is was a great view back from were we were coming from 'the permit mountains |
12/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
osh |
hotel tai mahal |
enjoying osh |
13/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
osh |
hotel tai mahal |
enjoying osh |
14/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
osh |
hotel tai mahal |
enjoying osh |
15/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
taxi tide to peak lenin base camp |
16/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
17/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
18/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
19/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
20/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
21/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
22/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
23/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
24/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
25/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
26/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
27/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
28/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
29/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
30/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
31/07/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
01/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
02/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
03/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
04/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgystan |
peak lenin |
tent |
peak lenin adventure |
|
|
|
|
|
|
peak lenin |
|
|
05/08/2004 |
69.99 |
0 |
0 |
|
kyrgistan |
irkistam pass |
truckdrivers hotel |
on the right hand while biking to the east awesome mountain range covered with snow |
06/08/2004 |
25.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
just over the bourder |
tent |
short cycling day be cease of waiting at the two boarders, driving into china we surrounded by deep red mountains without any vegetation |
07/08/2004 |
60.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
kashgar |
hotel |
short ride, because we were tired of the mountain experience. Although the surrounding was great we decided to take a taxi to kashgar over 100 km |
08/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
kashgar |
|
|
09/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
kashgar |
|
|
10/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
kashgar |
|
|
11/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
kashgar |
|
|
12/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
kashgar |
|
|
13/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
kashgar |
hotel |
|
14/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
train |
train |
|
15/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
turpan |
hotel |
train to turpan |
16/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
turpan |
hotel |
extra day in turpan, to hot in this place which is more then 100 m below sea level |
16/08/2004 |
128.35 |
144 |
684 |
|
china |
dunghuan |
hotel |
horrible bus ride of 16 hours to liuyuan. The bus broke down for times. We arrived tin the mourning. From here we drove to Dunhuan together with two germans (Sjorsch&Wibke). Dessert !! |
17/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
dunghuan |
hotel |
visiting the mogao qu Buddha caves. Of all the Buddha status the highest was 36 m |
18/08/2004 |
79.94 |
645 |
112 |
|
china |
aksay |
hotel |
boring ride in stone dessert finishing in this 5 years old town. Here we were welcomed by the governors wife and the manager of the hotel. And had free beers |
19/08/2004 |
64.07 |
2005 |
247 |
|
china |
after a pass of 3670m |
roadworkers |
a great day of slowly climbing. Highest point on 3670 m |
20/08/2004 |
122.27 |
857 |
996 |
|
china |
after a pass of 3740m |
tent |
straight road from the beginning going down and finishing with a 40 km climb |
21/08/2004 |
91.93 |
467 |
611 |
|
china |
da quidam zhen |
police station |
pass 3521m, last day cycling with sjorsch&wibke. We had great fun with them. We slept in a police station and had the last beers with them |
22/08/2004 |
97.10 |
765 |
318 |
|
china |
somewhere |
river |
first part was on flat road the last past was in hilly surrounding, we camped in a dry river |
23/08/2004 |
114.27 |
380 |
1008 |
|
china |
delingha |
hotel |
along the road there were many military cars and big army truck in the fields, probably mobile rocket launches. Apparently this was restricted zone |
24/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
delingha |
hotel |
being questioned or many hours by the army and police. Idiots !!!!!!!! |
25/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
chaka |
hotel |
taxi ride out of restricted military zone, we started hating al the army suits |
26/08/2004 |
79.27 |
832 |
677 |
|
china |
heimake |
hotel |
great ride through green hills with nomads living in tents and yaks every where. Pass on 3817m |
27/08/2004 |
78.14 |
387 |
393 |
|
china |
niadou |
by old men |
ride along the beautiful quinghai hub lake. along this road it was yak and sheep country, very strong head wind |
28/08/2004 |
95.00 |
222 |
135 |
|
china |
gonza |
hotel |
strong head wind, green surrounding |
29/08/2004 |
78.93 |
359 |
490 |
|
china |
gaibe |
tent |
no vegetation, boring hills around, ending up in a yurt camp |
30/08/2004 |
109.75 |
157 |
1022 |
|
china |
xining |
hotel |
following the river through a gorge, more trees and trees, also a lot of agriculture, getting closer to xining getting more busy on the road with annoying claxons !! |
31/08/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
xining |
hotel |
after many days no internet we were getting connected to holland again, |
01/09/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
xining |
hotel |
day of enjoying the luxury of a big city |
02/09/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
xining |
hotel |
internet and going to the hairdresser for a shave |
03/09/2004 |
64.02 |
170 |
425 |
|
china |
le dou |
hotel |
lots of internet and having a good massage |
04/09/2004 |
91.43 |
933 |
618 |
|
china |
kushang |
hotel |
getting away from the main road, lots of farming and no enjoying traffic |
05/09/2004 |
91.08 |
1108 |
1479 |
|
china |
xunhua |
hotel |
ride through a hilly surrounding, after lunch we followed the yellow river through a beautiful gorge |
06/09/2004 |
70.00 |
1908 |
1032 |
|
china |
xunhua |
budhist monastry |
a unexpected long climb of about 40 km, although it was very hard it was a great surrounding |
07/09/2004 |
73.68 |
1435 |
1261 |
|
china |
xiahe |
tibatien hotel |
highest point 3620m, rain and very cold. 40 km dirt road, many Tibetan villages with hard looking Tibetan men |
08/09/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
xiahe |
tibatien hotel |
visiting the huge Buddhist labrang monastery, a great side trip |
09/09/2004 |
93.80 |
950 |
956 |
|
china |
bola |
hotel room like chickens barn |
many Buddhist monasteries o the way with a lot of of praying wheels, visiting a Buddhist tower of 30 m high, first day of machines brother jan jomo |
10/09/2004 |
78.22 |
973 |
448 |
|
china |
shijintain |
hotel |
beautiful yak and chinees pig country, very hilly, highest point 3602, a bit of rain and sunshine. Great Chinese road with many road workers on the way |
11/09/2004 |
58.73 |
458 |
523 |
|
china |
langmusi |
hotel |
tiejo's birthday, what a relax day, great apple chocolate pie |
12/09/2004 |
90.14 |
985 |
826 |
|
china |
zoige |
hotel |
off-road, rain, snow, very muddy, great present of a terrific sunset with mountains around covered by white snow and black yaks in the field |
13/09/2004 |
78.00 |
298 |
157 |
|
china |
somewhere |
ten t/ |
in the morning we visited the sky burial site, off-road, slowly going up following a river, sleeping at road workers |
14/09/2004 |
89.65 |
539 |
1231 |
|
china |
songpan |
traffic hotel |
blue sky and going down on a off road, trees on the mountains, highest point 3817m |
15/09/2004 |
81.00 |
100 |
700 |
|
china |
lake |
hotel |
asphalt !!, yippee, after cleaning our bike and give the bike the best treatment, we followed the river for 80 km down |
16/09/2004 |
115.00 |
545 |
1480 |
|
china |
trouble with police |
hotel |
longer ride, first part nice going up and down with the river deep down under us, later the mountains were boring grey and no tree around |
17/09/2004 |
93.00 |
490 |
1085 |
|
china |
|
hotel |
the worse cycling day since we started this trip since the second of April, bad muddy road full of stinking busses, trucks and cars |
18/09/2004 |
62.54 |
30 |
200 |
|
china |
chengdu |
holy's place |
easy ride on a highway. Not many cars and great ride into 11 million city chengdu |
19/09/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
chengdu |
holy's place |
internet and having great coffees |
20/09/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
chengdu |
holy's place |
internet and having great coffees |
21/09/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
chengdu |
holy's place |
internet and having great coffees |
22/09/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
chengdu |
holy's place |
internet and having great coffees |
23/09/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
chengdu |
holy's place |
internet and having great coffees |
24/09/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
chengdu |
holy's place |
internet and having great coffees |
25/09/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
chengdu |
holy's place |
internet and having great coffees |
26/09/2004 |
0.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
china |
chengdu |
holy's place |
internet and having great coffees |