We thought today would be an easier/shorter day, but still ended up with a long day riding on a wide assortment of roads. For 42km we were on asphalt. Some of the rest was hardpacked road with loose gravel on … Continue reading →
Roads today were a marked improvement, particularly in the morning. The terrain was also flatter, so made for an easier day. I had my photo taken four or five times today by people driving the imported Japanese cars. This tells … Continue reading →
Today we made a great leap forward, some by auto transport. It was nice to get on the road after a day and a half of sickness and rain. Mickey was still feeling a little weak but better. The road … Continue reading →
Today a quiet rest near Ðмазар. Mickey still wasn’t feeling well and it started to rain. Our campsite was in a good location (dry, away from the road, close to town/store/cafe). All these combined to say, take another day of … Continue reading →
Last night Mickey had been up all night sick. With exception of someone fetching water at 12:30am, I slept soundly. Perhaps it was tainted water? Perhaps something else? We’re not sure. We waited this morning until things were stable before … Continue reading →
It rained during our rest day yesterday. Early morning showers with thunder and lightning. Enough to knock out power a few times and perhaps the reason the internet cafe wasn’t working in the morning. However, dry after that. We left … Continue reading →
Today we continued following the old road past small settlements and into the larger town of Могоча. The road continued to occasionally be rough, though it was considerably flatter. This along with the lure of a hotel room at end … Continue reading →
They are building a new road from Chita to Khabarovsk. It was the announcement of the “opening†of this road in 2004 that sparked the idea for this ride. Today we saw some of the new road and even cycled … Continue reading →
Today a full day of cycling on gravel. It is a slow, dusty and bumpy ride at times. The road is broad but we have multiple obstacles to slow things down: craters; large holes and also small ones crater fields; … Continue reading →
We started on gravel portions of the Amur Highway (also known as M58 or Чита-ХабаровÑк). We had 57km of gravel and 38km of asphalt in a long ride. The gravel road is wide, but is a tougher surface to ride. … Continue reading →