It took us an age to leave Urumqi , for some reason there were visits to the bank and post office that we didnt have time for in the 19 days we spent twiddling thumbs ,waiting for a visa that was never gonna happen.19 days!Thats along time to hang around the Kazak consulate,what a joyous place.I bet Juddith Charmers never had to go through this. Well Tati has a two month visa and I have one month,which basically means we both have one month,what a waste of time and money.No more ranting about it from now on though,its a change of plan,a train here a bus there,nothing that cant be fixed. Stopped on the way out of Urumqi to reinforce my new 'made in China' rack.The pins that held it onto the bike were little
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