Today’s ride on Komoot – to the border Today’s ride on Komoot – to Zharkent I awoke with a bit of excitement brewing about the day. I’d finally be out of China. It’s been an interesting ride here, not just in the cycling sense, but I’m very pleased to start a new chapter and visit …
Today’s ride on Komoot I started today not knowing whether I’d be riding the whole way or being bundled into a police car like the trip up here. Either way, it promised to be interesting. I left Sayram Lake nice and early. The person on the 24 hours reception was sound asleep in their stretcher …
Today’s ride on Komoot I woke up to a weather forecast of rain, and I hit the snooze button to wait for it to pass. I should have just looked out the window because it’s a beautiful day. The road started well and I assumed that I’d be riding on the same sort of nice …
Today’s ride on Komoot As I left, the streets of Kuytun were being cleaned by an army of street sweepers neatly piling up the leaves for collection, before water trucks gave the place a rinse. The result was a clean, tidy city. I spent nearly ten kilometres in cycle lanes as I edged out of …
Street sweepers to chicken impressions – Kuytun to Todok Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot I got away at 8:30 but the whole town seems still half asleep. In fact the receptionist was still asleep on a stretcher behind the counter It was nice and cool and I was hoping to get a few kilometers done before that changed. I got some water at a small …
Today’s ride on Komoot My muesli and bananas this morning was exceptional, as was the Nescafe I had. I’ve been away from really good coffee for so long that Nescafe is now about as good as I’m going to get in these parts. There are coffee shops to be found in large cities with a …
Today’s ride on Komoot Another short day coming up. I looked at the hotel breakfast that was included and shamefully turned my nose up at it. So I took bananas and milk to my room and ate muesli with juice and coffee. I’ve been here a while and sometimes I just don’t feel like Chinese …
Today’s ride on Komoot It was a rainy morning and I was tossing up whether to do 33kms to Changji or 70 to Hutubi. I simply couldn’t decide, so I packed and left. By the time I’d left, I was thinking of taking the Hutubi option. I hadn’t factored in the amount of road construction …
The tourist towns I visited had some common themes. They were generally full of happy people who were in no hurry to go anywhere. Many dressed up in the traditional dress of the region and did photo shoots. As a result, the streets were full of costume and make-up shops where people would be transformed …
An update, plus impressions of some tourist towns I visited Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot Breakfast was included and it was another feast. The lady here is great. She has some expertise in nutrition from previous work so this morning she server boiled yams and potatoes with Soy milk. I didn’t expect it to be that nice. The veggies were local and very tasty. Even the …
From a small village to tourist central – Jiuhe County to Lijiang Read More »
