Day 173, 20th November Dou Yu - Gaoyi - Neiqiu After sunrise the villagers appeared again, this time to see us de-camp. We were on the road for ten, a less busy and new road. Now for a little observation about the traffic - small motor vehicles, especially the motor rickshaws and the three-wheeler trucks kick out an amazing amount of fumes, most of the times very nauseating. Trucks give you plenty of room but they are beyond idiotic with their constant honking of their mega-loud horns! Bikes are everywhere and they carry the most amazingly large loads. But the pollution - well, it’s disgusting. I’m ready to leave this 107 road and head into the countryside, all of us have coughs because of the fumes. It was an uneventful day, except for Stephane coming off
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