Phase I: Intro to Chinese Psycle-touring!
May 21st 2005 Day 1: After a morning warmup at the monastary, I got off to a great start; feeling good, and the riding just got better and better. From what I knew, I was in for a 80km day, rising a couple of hundred metres, and ending up in a place called Jian Chuan. Basically my checklist for this first day looked a little like this:
Wearing clothes: Yes
Durability of Bike: Unknown
Condition of Roads:
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