Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Day 110 Jul 28 - Wildcamp[ 400km to Aral'sk to Petrol station camp ,Zhozali

Pillow and bed mattress offered Road condition with very rough stone
Desert area
Heather preparing for her coffee

Colorful architectural tower with the name of the town at the entrance
Petrol storage base for the railway at Zhozali
Campsite at the back of the petrol station
Outside bathroom, water manually refill from the well via the ladder
Alia, college student in Kyzyzlorda

Today's Distance: 145km
Temp: 25 - 39c
Average Speed: 18.3 max: 28
Time on Bike: 7 hr 54 min
Ave climb: 2% max: 7%
Trip altitudet: 137m max: 242m
Today's spending: 1105T
Total Distance to date: 7438km
Total spending to date:18114T




I guess nobody would like to get up at 5 am morning but we had to in order to cover more km before the wind hit us more in the afternoon. It normally takes 2 hr to pack,cook ,so it's 7.15am starts on the road. There are no towns that we passed and the villages are all off a few km from the main road. There is always a bus stop for every entrance to the village and a big architectual
concrate colorful tower, to show the name of the village or town. The road sometime good,but most of the time rough and uneven , like riding on bmx , you have to be good to steer around left & right to avoid a bump or a hole. What I really missed is the watermelons stall , none are seen along here.After crossing river Syr Darya for the 2nd time, we arrived at Zhozali where we cycled to town to buy some camping foods & cold drinks. Our campsite tonite was at the back of a petrol station offered by the owner,free to use the toilet and bathroom outside ( a container on top with the on/off valve just over your head). His has a beautiful daughter Alia , a college student in Kyzylorda, a little English she speaks , chat with us for almost an hour.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow, Alia IS very pretty. Meng, anymore photos of Alia? Hehehe.

Bok.

Thighland Meng said...

Bok,
Alia is too far for you, when r u going to get marry ?

Anonymous said...

Meng... u will know when I'm getting married!. Hahaha.. ride safe bro!

Bok.