Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Day 124. Mengla to Menglun

Start: Mengla, China
End: Menglun, China
Distance: 99 km
Time: 6'42"
Avg: 14.7 k/h
Max: 45.5 k/h
Total: 7581 km
Total riding days: 82
Riding hours: 0900 - 1850

Hills! Good leg training this.

My chain snapped 10 km before Menglun. Is someone trying to tell me something? In the past 10 days, I have had:

1. rear rim cracked.
2. puncture.
3. front tyre blow out
4. rear rack bolt sheared off (at 2200 hrs in pitch black after i had been evicted from campspot by drunken lao blokes)
5. chain snapped

Pretty good going?

My 5-star hotel here (you can see 5 stars through the cracks in the roof), 10 yuan a night, has sheets with pictures of a cute little Scottie doggie with the words "faithful companion". The shop across the street sells tins of hong shao gou rou, which translates loosely as doggie in a tin, or more accurately as red-braised dog meat.

3 comments:

  1. In the office minding my own, laughing at all your good times.

    Good to hear that your back on the road and that "karma" has settled the account. Taking a break and eating chocolate and crisps all day was bound to have consequences....

    Also news update my daughter said the green thing that looked like a hat was infact a christmas tree...

    Wonders will never cease let me know whee you want the easter box sent.

    regards

    carl w.

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  2. oh man, you are great!!!
    Happy new year to you..

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  3. Maybe it's time you stopped carting such a vast amount of junk! Think mean! think lean! Think alpine style as opposed to a Persian caravan! Dan

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