A boring road to Dujiangyan


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MAP 1 Beijing-Yingxian

5. Beijing-LouCun 06.04.08

6. Lou Cun-YudouCun 07.04.08

7. YudouCun-Laiyuan 08.04.08

8. Laiyuan-Wangzhuang 09.04.08

9. Wangzhuang-Hunyuan 10.04.08

MAP 2 Yingxian-Taiyuan

10. Hunyuan-Dai Xian 11.04.08

11. Dai Xian-Xinzhou 12.04.08

12. Xinzhou-Taiyuan 13.04.08

MAP 3 Taiyuan-Linfen

13. Taiyuan-Pingyao 14.04.08

14. Pingyao 15.04.08

15. PingyaoHuozhou 16.04.08

16. Houzhou-Xiangfen 17.04.08

17. Xiangfen-Hejin 18.04.08

MAP 4 Linfen-Weinan

18. Hejin-Heyang 19.04.08

19. Heyang-Dali 20.04.08 Heyang-Dali

20. Dali-Xi'an 21.04.08

21. Xi'an 22.04.08

22. Xi'an 23.04.08

23. Xi'an 24.04.08

24. Xi'an 25.04.08

MAP 5 Weinan-Hanzhong

25. Xi'an-Mazhao 26.04.08

26. Mazhao-Yangxian 27.04.08

27. Yangxian-Mian Xian 28.04.08

28. Mian Xian-Ningqiang 29.04.08

29. Ningqiang-Guangyuan 30.04.08

MAP 6 Hanzhong-Mianyang

30. Guangyuan-Jianmen Pass 01.05.08

31. Jianmen Pass-Zitong 02.05.08

32. Zitong-Loujiang 03.05.08

33. Luojiang-Chengdu 04.05.08

34. Chengdu 05.05.08

35. Chengdu 06.05.08

36. Chengdu 07.05.08

37. Chengdu 08.05.08

38. Chengdu 09.05.08

MAP 7 Mianyang-Maoxian

39. Chengdu-Dujiangyan 10.05.08

40. Dujiangyan-Miansi 11.05.08

41. Miansi-Maoxian 12.05.08

42. Maoxian 13.05.08

43. Maoxian 14.05.08

44. Maoxian 15.05.08

45. Maoxian 16.05.08

46. Maoxian 17.05.08

47. Maoxian 18.05.08

48. Maoxian-Chengdu 19.05.08

49. Chengdu-Chongqing 20.05.08

50. Chongqing-Wanzhou 21.05.08

51. Yangtze River 22.05.08

52. Yangtze River-Wuhan 23.05.08

53. Wuhan 24.05.08

54. Beijing 25.05.08

55. Beijing 26.05.08

56. Beijing 27.05.08

57. Beijing 28.05.08

58. Beijing 29.05.08

59. Beijing 30.05.08

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English Version 39

Saturday 10.05.08
Dujiangyan

At last everything is not "just working".
I`m worried.
It was a bad night. Woke up at 2 o'clock and had a toothache or whatever it was. I couldn`t tell which tooth. Or was it pain in the jaw? I slept a little after that time but not much.
I had planned to leave at 11-12 o'clock so I had time to get to my feet and pack and clean the bike.
When I`m in the saddle there are no problems. I had finished my spray for the chain so I tried to get some oil at some bicycle shops on the way. There were about 15 of them, all having tyres, tubes, chains, cleaning stuff, but none had oil. Don`t they oil their chains? No, they don`t.
 


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The road to Dujiangyan is boring, but at last I arrive. But after having found a too expensive hotel my head slowly gets worse.
I find a place to eat at the river, which has a lot of current. My head is easier to stand in these surroundings. They had some lights installed a little while ago. It looks like my drying arrangements.
I wonder if it`s something with the jaw? I`ve never had that. I brought some painkillers. Must find them for the night.
The plan is to see if I can reach Songpan. If I don`t feel sure about how to continue, I take a bus back to Chengdu and the train to Xining. But if I`m better, I go on to Lanzhou and Xining.
A girl comes out and talks to me. She speaks a LITTLE English and that`s enough. Not for a deep conversation but to feel better.
The Gong Bao Rou Ding I get is perfect and my newly learned expression: zhong la: middle hot seems to work. A big portion of rice and a big portion of the dish is only 20. At Mix it cost 22 and then you were still hungry.

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