During the one and only rain until today on a chuckhole with street around I stopped under the roof of the shop - and as soon as the rain got less, the people got more... all like in Austria, courious to know about my bike.


Me in the car of Lorraine, next to me Joseph, above me Ibex (called "Speedy" by my pupils) while this rescue action.


At Lake Qingli, one of the rare moments on my own. and happy to be alone.


My cockpit this year: GPS (seldom in use), Bikecomputer, Maps (I guess, neither Ortlieb nor Azub intended a use like this of their things, but it works perfect! even downhill with 67 km/h - not a problem for this construction), the boombag (perfect for all small things like musli bar, sunglasses, pcket knife etc) with my little Nikon. And not to forget the one-handed, one-leged brave knight, doing this trip together with me, on the gearshift cable on the right side, fixed with a red Kabelbinder :) :) (<- two smileys, because two persons should grin about this sentence) he can enjoy the trip better than me, because he does not have to pay attention about the traffic.


Dawn at uspeakable Village. one of the rare moments of beeing alone on thursday, 6 am... at least nearly alone ;)
There are clouds, everytime, I guess.


Same time, same station.


high above from the Buddha's temple, same station :) love this picture.


Today one of the rare spots where one can sit at the border of the street to have lunch (at 16.30, becaus there was no nice spot before... as usual - what a pity). A small pond, a rock to sit on it, nearly natural...


On the road: me and the mais :) someone who wants some popcorn, directly imported from China? For us unbelievable, here common way of drying corn, wheat, etc.


but: also this is china. and there exists lorries which smoke the same way... that's why I'm very glad to have a shower in the evening. and sometimes i remember the words of Silvia, my collegue: please wear a mask! ... well ...

thats all for today.
hope you enjoy. more or less the same way as I do.

btw, for all those who are worrying: riding my bike today I nearly didn't notice a difference to yesterday. If I'm not thinking right at that moment: f*** my handle bar is bent!!!! I really forget about it. so, no need to worry.

btw II: here one hour of Internet equals 2 yuan (=20c)... I wanted to buy a drink yesterday at the Internetplace, it costs 3 yuan... unbelievable? yes.

btw III: I learned because of the "mistake" yesterday: today i DID brake while going downhill, because the street was so bad, and I had somehow the feeling, my Ibex could get rid of me... brav, oder? :)

bye!