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Desert and mountains  
   

Desert and mountains

Dunhuang to Zhangye

July 19th 2008
Thursday 26 June - Dunhuang to Anxi, 122 km We had good road all the way today. I somehow managed to leave last in the morning, but Claude and Christian stayed behind with me, which was nice of them. My back tyre was soft and I pumped it up but over 20 km or so it went down again. However, it lasted all day in this manner. Lunch was at a toll point at 98 km, there were makeshift shel ... read more
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