The famous 751 army biscuits, great for cycling
Date/Time: Fri 07 Sep 2007 10:15:15 AM CEST
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Date/Time: Tue 11 Sep 2007 05:17:43 AM CEST
Water in the desert
Date/Time: Tue 11 Sep 2007 01:42:43 PM CEST
Taklamakan. Flat like a pancake
Date/Time: Wed 12 Sep 2007 04:34:09 AM CEST
Taklamakan
Date/Time: Wed 12 Sep 2007 06:47:54 AM CEST
Hot haze
Date/Time: Wed 12 Sep 2007 10:09:50 AM CEST
Poplar. As soon as you see them there's a village abound
Date/Time: Wed 12 Sep 2007 01:19:00 PM CEST
Daniel doing 'gymnastics' after a humid night amids the risefields
Date/Time: Thu 13 Sep 2007 02:40:13 AM CEST
Yarkand, a crowd gathers. Recumbent magic
Date/Time: Thu 13 Sep 2007 06:40:31 AM CEST
5 star ruin
Date/Time: Thu 13 Sep 2007 02:56:22 PM CEST
After being send in the wrong direction in Yecheng we slept in this ruin in the middle of the Taklamakan. Indiana Jones style :-)
BIG lizzard
Date/Time: Fri 14 Sep 2007 07:16:29 AM CEST
Cycling a wadi
Date/Time: Fri 14 Sep 2007 09:35:01 AM CEST
Cuuuute Camel. You like my ear-ring?
Date/Time: Sat 15 Sep 2007 05:13:16 AM CEST
meeting a 5 year cyclist. Now, THAT'S cycling.
Date/Time: Sun 16 Sep 2007 05:29:50 AM CEST
Kudi La. On the Background the 5 and 6 thousanders of the Chan Tan
Date/Time: Sun 16 Sep 2007 07:43:56 AM CEST
Chan Tan
Date/Time: Mon 17 Sep 2007 10:45:05 AM CEST
Have a break! Nudel again :-/
Date/Time: Mon 17 Sep 2007 02:26:14 PM CEST
Climbing
Date/Time: Tue 18 Sep 2007 07:12:19 AM CEST
Reflections
Date/Time: Tue 18 Sep 2007 07:51:55 AM CEST
James Oliver a good cook? I always cook on the edge :-)
Date/Time: Wed 19 Sep 2007 08:02:12 AM CEST
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Date/Time: Wed 19 Sep 2007 10:03:07 AM CEST
climbing the serpentines to Kirgizjangal Daban
Date/Time: Thu 20 Sep 2007 06:26:16 AM CEST
messy cyclists room
Date/Time: Thu 20 Sep 2007 04:24:10 PM CEST
Chan Tan
Date/Time: Fri 21 Sep 2007 10:16:15 AM CEST
Chan Tan, Karakash He (Blue River, I wonder why :p )
Date/Time: Fri 21 Sep 2007 10:57:43 AM CEST
Shan Tan, dust stormy sunset
Date/Time: Fri 21 Sep 2007 02:25:04 PM CEST
one tunnel hotel
Date/Time: Sat 22 Sep 2007 03:40:20 AM CEST
Tunnels are a great place to camp as they shelter you from the wind and you are well hidden. We used them until the Axai Chin, then it got to cold.
Shan Tan, wide rivers
Date/Time: Sat 22 Sep 2007 10:02:29 AM CEST
two tunnel hotel. Snow in the morning, -2C, brrrrr
Date/Time: Sun 23 Sep 2007 03:12:19 AM CEST
Frosty colorful morning
Date/Time: Sun 23 Sep 2007 03:15:41 AM CEST
Fighting the wind
Date/Time: Sun 23 Sep 2007 10:14:07 AM CEST
Dust storm
Date/Time: Sun 23 Sep 2007 10:46:46 AM CEST
4M: Marc's Magic Munch Mix: 100% cyclingpower
Date/Time: Sun 23 Sep 2007 11:00:42 AM CEST
Cyclist's inn. This abandoned roadworkers station is now used by cyclists
Date/Time: Sun 23 Sep 2007 12:08:29 PM CEST
writing my name in the Cyclists room
Date/Time: Sun 23 Sep 2007 12:25:10 PM CEST
Exhausted. Khitai Pan, 5120m
Date/Time: Mon 24 Sep 2007 08:57:26 AM CEST
Khitai Pan, 5120m, the border to the Axai Chin
Date/Time: Mon 24 Sep 2007 09:09:06 AM CEST
Axai Chin, touching the sky
Date/Time: Mon 24 Sep 2007 12:55:20 PM CEST
Axay Chin, snowy morning
Date/Time: Tue 25 Sep 2007 03:31:43 AM CEST
Axay Chin, priming the stove
Date/Time: Tue 25 Sep 2007 06:11:46 AM CEST
Axay Chin
Date/Time: Tue 25 Sep 2007 11:06:30 AM CEST
Axai Chin
Date/Time: Tue 25 Sep 2007 11:22:40 AM CEST
Axai Chin
Date/Time: Wed 26 Sep 2007 10:43:00 AM CEST
Rivercrossing. Pushing a 50KG bike with ICECOLD feet. Great fun :-D
Date/Time: Wed 26 Sep 2007 01:41:14 PM CEST
Tielontang, truckstop, 40km further than depicted on the map.
Date/Time: Thu 27 Sep 2007 02:57:21 AM CEST
Marmot (?)
Date/Time: Thu 27 Sep 2007 07:10:28 AM CEST
Life is hard (but everywhere). Lychen at 4500m+
Date/Time: Thu 27 Sep 2007 07:57:50 AM CEST
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Date/Time: Thu 27 Sep 2007 08:46:37 AM CEST
Near Lungma Tso
Date/Time: Thu 27 Sep 2007 11:14:21 AM CEST
Lungma Tso (4930m)
Date/Time: Thu 27 Sep 2007 11:22:54 AM CEST
Gazelles near Lungma Tso
Date/Time: Thu 27 Sep 2007 12:20:48 PM CEST
Dressed against the ICECOLD winds
Date/Time: Fri 28 Sep 2007 06:09:44 AM CEST
First Stupa (Sumshi). Now, should I pass left or right? :p
Date/Time: Fri 28 Sep 2007 08:51:46 AM CEST
Quishan La (5280m) I made it to the highest cyclable pass in Tibet :D Nice view but where is the oxygen??
Date/Time: Fri 28 Sep 2007 11:09:25 AM CEST
Blessed bike, Kushan La (5280m)
Date/Time: Fri 28 Sep 2007 11:29:29 AM CEST
Snowy start of the day, it got worse...
Date/Time: Sat 29 Sep 2007 04:52:11 AM CEST
Frozen river, where do I get water? A problem all over Tibet
Date/Time: Sat 29 Sep 2007 06:17:29 AM CEST
worst-weather dress (in this case a daylong snowstrom)
Date/Time: Sat 29 Sep 2007 07:21:33 AM CEST
Windy planes before Domar (who sees the yaks?)
Date/Time: Sun 30 Sep 2007 06:13:43 AM CEST
Nomads
Date/Time: Sun 30 Sep 2007 07:04:06 AM CEST
Black Headed Cranes
Date/Time: Sun 30 Sep 2007 08:25:05 AM CEST
Tibetan Yaks (tm)
Date/Time: Sun 30 Sep 2007 08:39:49 AM CEST
Nomads, those colors are great :-)
Date/Time: Sun 30 Sep 2007 09:37:35 AM CEST
Into the sand
Date/Time: Mon 01 Oct 2007 09:45:29 AM CEST
My biggest enemy, washboard (sinus impotentus). I HATE IT!! Most roads in Tibet are like that
Date/Time: Mon 01 Oct 2007 02:02:37 PM CEST
Our 'hotel' near Pangong Tso, an abondoned nomad building
Date/Time: Tue 02 Oct 2007 03:52:55 AM CEST
Pangong Tso (4199m), time for a wash (after 21 days of not washing)
Date/Time: Tue 02 Oct 2007 09:16:46 AM CEST
Fishervillage at Pangong Tso. Great fish restaurant here.
Date/Time: Tue 02 Oct 2007 11:09:16 AM CEST
The infamous ATP, needed to travel Tibet
Date/Time: Sat 06 Oct 2007 04:04:00 PM CEST
Ali: Praying Flags or Playing flags?
Date/Time: Sun 07 Oct 2007 11:46:06 AM CEST
Blessing Ali. The prayers on the flags are carried by the wind to the gods to protect Ali. Using wind energy saves alot of prayi
Date/Time: Sun 07 Oct 2007 11:52:48 AM CEST
colors
Date/Time: Sun 07 Oct 2007 12:02:07 PM CEST