After I left my bike, the family was so nice to give me some food and to bring me to longchan, where I continued my journey by bus. I wanted to go to chongqing, where I took the Boat through the three gorges to yichan, where I finally want to watch the solar eclipse.

I left that fast, that I left some useful things like pocket knife, pullover, rainjacket (and some other important things) at my bike... well, 10 daystravelling without ... lets hope the best.

on the boat I met three french girls, two chinese girls that helped me while learning chinese - well,that pronounciation isn't that easy, and even if I looked at dict.leo.org for solar eclipse, nobody anderstands when I say rishi.
During the stops for visitig touristic spots I passed the time with the french girls, with whom I also went to yicvhang to see the eclipse.

It happend so much! adventourous search for a place to sleep yesterday in the evening and so on. Today, once more get up early: the solar eclipse started at about 8.00 for to reach totality at 9.30. we left at 7.15 to buy some special glasses for to watch the eclipse. I'm happy I bought the astronomic film already in austria, theses chinese werent safe, in my opinion. theyfiltered too little light.

On the boat I already prepared the filters for my cam for to take pictures - good girl! at 5 min to 8 there were still clouds, but then they disappeared! What an event! amazing! and maybe I'm going to be on chinese TV as well, not only like NOE1 in february :)

So, last word to say before shutdown computer:

JIIIIIIPPPPIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! :)))))))

Pics next time, as computer too slow...

hope to get some news from you!

next stop: zhongzhen, then xi'ian, then .... well an then Chengdu.

bye!

My Ibex is lying in a small town next to Longchan, people were so friendly to keep my bike, until i can fetch it. I went on to see te solar eclipse, and hope, I can manage things later.

Azub is great! They answered my email and told me three possibilities what I can do, including sending a new frame to Beijing. As this would take too much time (well, two weeks...) and my holidays would finish three and a half weeks later, I hope I can find a company that could repair my bike according to Infos provided by azub. As I still don't know how to proceed (about getting back my bike and large parts of my luggage...) I can't tell you more right now.

for intrested ones: the part, where the rear wheel is attached to the frame, broke (you are right, Gerd :)

Well, I already know, I will miss this way of independent travelling, as I am now waiting for the train, that leaves at 18.20. so nearly 6 hours of waiting, but lots to do, so no worry.

so far for my bike.