Day 69 Jun 17 Sun - Aksu to Akqa

Today's Distance: 117km

Temp:20 - 30c
Average Speed: 14.3
Time on Bike: 8 hr 25 min
Ave climb: ?
Trip altitude max: 1109m
Today's spending: 31.50 rmb
Total Distance to date: 4702km
Total spending to date:4436 rmb

Aksu is a big modern city Xinjiang,here you can find many Han chinese as always dominating the economy,doing business,shops and restaurant,making the city looks lively. Whereas in rural areas which i cycled past,mostly are the muslim Uyghurs.I did not have much time to see around this town as I was back on my bike this morning at 8.30am.After a bowl of beef noodle ( i started to hate of having it,but this is really the best I can have). Traffic was busy and bumpy for the first 10km,then it joined back to the wider smoother main road of G314 .I was moving slowly with a bit of headwind and also the "whizing" rubbing sound from the very dry and dirty chain,it is time I need to service and lub the chain,afterall it was in Urumqi 10 days ago since the last serviced.It has been hard to find good food along the way and I am slowly loosing my appetite and that's dangerous! I really missed home foods with so many varities and style of cookings to choose from. Guess I am a little homesick now...