With 10km/h you also get there......

"With 10 km/h you also get there".....
These are the wise words that a wise man once told me.
Definitely true.
Nice fairy tails do not last long. So gone was the tailwind of the last days.

The day after Dongshen was a short one. It got dark so I stopped already after 75km to eat and sleep in a truckstop along the way for 20 RMB (2.5 Euro).


My local "Hilton" room

Sure not a Sheraton or Hilton, but I still rate it as a 4 star.
1 star because there was a bed (no mattress though, just a wooden plate), another star because there was even light, a 3rd star because I had no flees the next day and a big star because of the delicious food and hospitality.



The next day to Otog was nice. I really was biking in the middle of nowhere in perfect biking conditions.
 

N38°55'32.5" - E107°30'38.4"
In the complete middle of nowhere, Chinese Biosphere or SunParks???

 

I also made a new world record: It took me three (3!) hours to repair my tire but I spare you the details!

The way to Yanchi (or that was the plan) on the other hand was a disaster.....6 hours fighting against the wind which lowered down my speed to sometimes less then 8km/h. Good that there was that wise man with his wise words....which kept me going.

I decided not to waste more energy, hoping on better conditions the next day. I stopped early along the road.
That night I slept between the sheep and the goats and very friendly shepherds.

Surprisingly, the wife and husband slept each in a separate room but because of me, the wife allowed him to sleep with her.
The next morning I saw a big smile on the man his face.....and I know why!

I am now in Hongsibu and on the way to Lanzhou....

For the Strava followers: as you might have seen, I was able to retrieve the first 1000 km. On the other hand, I lost the data from April 7th.