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Warm
Posted July 24, 2007 at 05:10 AM by Mr Wheelie
I woke up feeling clammy all over. I hadn't showered or changed my clothes in quite a while. When its freezing cold the last thing you think about is taking layers off in the evening. I don't think I smell, but who can be sure. My nose is permanently blocked anyway from the cold. Powerful head winds all day whilst going up a hill that [...]
Delusions
Posted July 24, 2007 at 05:15 AM by Mr Wheelie
The temperature stayed at -6 for a few hours in the morning before going up a little bit but not much. The thing that troubles me the most in mornings is having to roll up my sleeping mat and get it in its bag. For physiological reasons I just cant have it outside the panniers as the current load already looks far too big.Living in [...]
Chongqing
Posted July 18, 2007 at 02:04 AM by klong3
In the heart of China, Chongqing has very few people that are not Chinese. And so naturally we drew a bit of attention to ourselves simply by walking down the streets. At one point we stopped and a crowd of people gathered around us. Of course, we had no idea what all the chatter was about. They could have been making fun of us for all we knew. [...]
A mad dash to Maoping
Posted July 20, 2007 at 12:48 PM by Mr Wheelie
I left the unknown village and headed down hill. The road was still bad but the down hill made it a million times easier. After lacerating my tires for so many miles I'm sure Little Wheelie was more than happy to hit nice flat roads again.
Hubei has some lovely old buildings nestled in amongst the [...]
Needles
Posted July 24, 2007 at 05:13 AM by Mr Wheelie
Woke up, had breakfast and made ready for the head winds. It has been confirmed by numerous people that these Northerly headwinds are continuous, varying only in their intensity. They are whipping down from Siberia with an unmistakable Russia gusto, picking up speed through mongolia. I look at my map and the route takes my directly north. So be [...]
