Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Day 32 May 11 Fri - WuWei to ShuiquanZi Village

Earth surface is cracking up as drought in Northern China is common
That's why proper and efficent irragation system is vital to the farmers.
School children always look happy after school
The story behind:Romen Empire army fleed in lost war and settled in Wengchang
Happily to see this

Strongly recommended to have a hotshower bath if you visit China where you strips everything on your body in front of so many people.
Morning exercise and dance for the women in Wuwei square

Joined the local for noodles in market stall
Young lady stall owner preparing the noodles


Today's Distance: 112 km
Average Speed: 12.1 max:36.5
Time on Bike: 9 hr 10 min
Ave climb: 1% max:8%
Trip altitude: 874m max:2113m
Today's spending: 30.30 rmb
Total Distance to date: 2002km
Total spending to date: 1934.50 rmb

Today's ride started 8 am and finishes almost dark at 8 pm , a total of 12 hr minus riding time 9 hr,that means 3 hr stoppage time without lunch.Yes! this was our longest ride,all b'cos we stopped many times to take pictures,the scenery is so beautiful,totally amazing,the best so far we seen.Snowcapped mountains on bothsides ,in between there is a dual carriage Yongsang Expressway and the parallel road G312 which we cycled.On several occasions we had to zig-zag our way to cross the expressway.The view from the flyover made our legs stop pedalling and out the cameras. I almost decided to setup camp about 3 km to ShuiquanZi but Heather made the right move to carry on.On GPS ShuiquanZi appeared to be a small town,but we found out it is only a small village.Luckily for us ,there is only one guesthouse available and it was already 8 pm.Both of us were really tired and exhausted. After dinner,I thought of a 30 min lie down on bed,turn out to be a next morning wake up. So tomorrow have a double hownwork to do. Ya, before I forget , my cyclometer reached 2000km, cheers!

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