| China | |
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Capital: Peking Population: 1,336 Mrd. Area: 9,571'302 km² People: Han-Chinese 91.59% and 55 other nationalities such as the Tibetan, Manchu, Mongolian, Uyghur, Hui and Zhuang Languages: Mandarin |
Route cycled:
Irkeshtam - Mohang / 2,512 km
2012 |
Stage / Destination |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07.08. | Ulugqat | 0 |
 |
Truck transport through a restricted area, ordered by China | ||||
| 08.08. | Kashgar |  |
Heavy rain, truck transfer | |||||
| 09.-12. | Kashgar | |
Tibet permit application refused | |||||
| 13.-14. | Urumqi |  |
1,400 km, 16 hrs lying next to a spittoon on the night bus, toilet stops in the open |
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| 15.-16. | Urumqi | |
Train ticket without a berth! | |||||
| 17.-18. | Lanzhou |  |
1,300 km, 28 hrs sitting on the night train. Chaotic, unforgettable conditions | |||||
| 19.-22. | Lanzhou | |
Urgently need a rest! | |||||
| 23.08. | Yonjing | 78 |
1060 |
2330 |
05:51 |
|
36 |
12 million people incl. suburbs |
| 24.08. | Linxia | 68 |
1282 |
1950 |
05:43 |
|
31 |
Smog, smog, smog, smog |
| 25.-27. | Linxia | |
Alexandre at the eye clinic; foreign body removed from his eye | |||||
| 28.08. | Xiahe | 102 |
1300 |
2939 |
07:18 |
|
23 |
Huge building site of the 722 million yuan "Gannan Xiahe Airport" |
| 29.08. | Xiahe | |
Labrang Monastery | |||||
| 30.08. | before Nyima | 70 |
992 |
3590 |
06:41 |
 |
19 |
Alexandre not at full strength |
| 31.08. | Luqu | 39 |
395 |
3365 |
02:31 |
|
11 |
Alexandre ill |
| 01.09. | Luqu | |
Rest day for Alexandre | |||||
| 02.09. | Top of the pass | 108 |
1380 |
3602 |
7:08 |
 |
25 |
4 passes | 03.09. | Hushu | 97 |
730 |
3532 |
5:56 |
|
Cold at night |
| 04.09. | before Alou | 70 |
381 |
3614 |
4:25 |
|
23 |
1 Pass |
| 05.09. | Dongjangjiao | 88 |
310 |
3646 |
4:53 |
|
30 |
Cold at night |
| 06.09. | Bacun | 86 |
777 |
3821 |
5:04 |
|
1 pass, tunnel 4.4 km | |
| 07.09. | Bacun | |
Rest day | |||||
| 08.09. | Mudui | 98 |
462 |
3200 |
5:19 |
|
"Downhill" into a headwind | |
| 09.09. | Xiguanao | 103 |
834 |
1690 |
4:50 |
|
36 |
"Downhill" into a headwind |
| 10.-11. | Xiguanao | |
Rest days | |||||
| 12.09. | Xiaojinchuan | 10 |
352 |
4443 |
2:12 |
|
Not rideable, 186 km by truck | |
| 13.09. | Dongguxiang | 86 |
1014 |
2392 |
5:45 |
|
19 |
The Chinese are building a road!! |
| 14.09. | Yala Jokul | 38 |
1301 |
3497 |
4:26 |
|
12 |
6.5 km - 12% gradient |
| 15.09. | Bameizhen | 24 |
559 |
3914 |
2:06 |
|
3 |
1 pass, rain + snowfall, distance 7 km and 450 m climbing |
| 16.09. | Dong'eluo | 64 |
705 |
3878 |
4:44 |
|
12 |
1 pass, heavy rain |
| 17.09. | Chengxian | 67 |
1354 |
4339 |
5:57 |
|
13 |
1 pass, rain, 13 km/920 m climbing |
| 18.09. | Litang | 145 |
3554 |
4412 |
10:15 |
|
9 |
Minibus, road impassable |
| 19.-20. | Litang | |
Urgently need rest days | |||||
| 21.09. | Zhuosang | 59 |
1162 |
4189 |
4:55 |
|
13 |
1 pass, rain, hail, very cold |
| 22.09. | 16 km before Sangdui | 48 |
1041 |
4652 |
5:05 |
|
9 |
2 passes over 4,600 m, rain |
| 23.09. | Xiangcheng | 101 |
1690 |
4723 |
7:22 |
|
8 |
1 pass 4,723 m, fast descent and 1,700 m of altitude "wiped out" |
| 24.09. | Xiangcheng | |
Rest day | |||||
| 25.09. | 3,739 metres | 48 |
1442 |
3751 |
5:24 |
|
25 |
Dirt road begins at km 35 |
| 26.09. | 4,140 metres | 33 |
1028 |
4199 |
5:28 |
|
25 |
Very exhausting, 3 passes on dirt roads, cold |
| 27.09. | Kong'etong | 49 |
987 |
4328 |
5:11 |
|
23 |
1 pass, another 29 km on dirt roads, very cold at night |
| 28.09. | Dugang | 61 |
1268 |
3911 |
4:54 |
|
21 |
1 pass, unheated, very cold |
| 29.09. | Shangri La | 37 |
510 |
3574 |
3:17 |
|
19 |
1 pass, hot shower |
| 30.09. | Tangmuna | 46 |
418 |
3336 |
2:45 |
|
25 |
Low temperature |
| 01.10. | Wan Dengguo | 69 |
829 |
3329 |
4:35 |
|
23 |
Tiger Leaping Gorge |
| 02.10. | Dadong | 66 |
1592 |
3177 |
5:15 |
|
39 |
1 pass, 22 km/800 m climbing, cold |
| 03.10. | Lijiang | 76 |
1780 |
2887 |
7:56 |
|
21 |
1 pass, cold night |
| 04.10. | Songgui | 68 |
528 |
2412 |
4:21 |
|
30 |
Hot shower |
| 05.10. | Dali | 97 |
1305 |
2564 |
6:28 |
|
27 |
1 Pass |
| 06.-07. | Dali | 0 |
|
Rest days, sightseeing | ||||
| 08.10. | Jinghong | 23 |
187 |
1:48 |
 |
28 |
Road under construction, not rideable, 14-hr bus transfer to Jinghong | |
| 9.-10. | Jinghong | |
Rest days | |||||
| 11.10. | Menglut | 75 |
1113 |
1005 |
4:36 |
|
29 |
It's getting warmer again |
| 12.10. | Mengla | 61 |
878 |
1113 |
4:07 |
|
30 |
The passes are behind us |
| 13.10. | Mohang | 54 |
580 |
911 |
3:37 |
|
26 |
|
| 14.10. | Border crossing | 2 |
0:10 |
 |
28 |
Border with Laos | ||
| Total China | 2,512 | 37,080 | 185:30 | |||||