- Wind settled down and road conditions was paved. Evan was sick but we finally got over 100km, which we need to average back to Beijing! #
- Also finally got off national highway 110! Now making way east on dirt roads. Camping in field of sunflowers tonight with mountain backdrop. #
- Expected to find grassland up here, but that (along with actual Mongolians apparently) has been wiped out and replaced w/ cultivated fields. #
- Tomorrow we should hit the northernmost point of our trip. Unfortunately there's no time left to touch the actual Mongolian border
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Aug
30
2010
30
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The Daily Tweet 2010-08-30
Aug
29
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The Daily Tweet 2010-08-29
- Sometimes you just have to throw in the towel early. After an early (for us) wake-up at 6:30, we fought a monstrous headwind all day. #
- Didn't think it could get any worse with the bleak landscape and wind, but then the road turned to dust and trucks…and still the headwind! #
- Would rank today among the worst of the trip. We'll have to knock out some distance in the next couple days before a rest. #
- Only 15 days left in our trip! 1,100+ kilometers still to go. #
Aug
18
2010
18
2010
The Daily Tweet 2010-08-19
- Tons of new, belated pics up from Andy http://is.gd/ennpE and Evan http://is.gd/ennqq … We're still alive! #
Aug
09
2010
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Aug
04
2010
04
2010
The Daily Tweet 2010-08-04
- Had a short ride in for a rest day this morning. Unfortunately it poured some really freezing rain on us for the second half of the ride! #
- Getting really remote out here…don't think there's a single hotel with a shower in it in this county seat. Fortunately there's a bathouse! #
- Oh, and we are in Qinghai…our 19th province, municipality or "autonomous region." Will return to Gansu after circling Qinghai Lake! #