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biketouring

  • CHINA

    Hurrying South

    My visa ticking out after staying still sick for 8 days I hopped on a bus to Kunming, which is located around 500km from the border of Vietnam. In Kunming I…

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  • CHINA

    Rescued by Yak herders

    After two weeks of cycling, 1400km and 15 over 4400m passes I was even ahead of my schedule to make it through China before the end of my visa. I was…

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  • CHINA

    Night in a police bus

    When asking water from a gas station I was offered a place for the night in a police minibus. Sure! #biketouring #3900m #China #Sichuan #December2015…

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  • CHINA

    The last high pass

    It felt amazing to finalize the assumed hard part of China and coast down from the High Tibetan plateau. In the picture I was just about to start a 60km downhill…

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  • CHINA

    The white blanket

    The first 12 days after getting my visa extension and racing to Vietnam the weather was brilliant. Clear bright skies, snowless roads and tail wind got me to an excellent momentum.…

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  • CHINA

    Tibetan Karaoke

    After 8 days of cycling from Golmud, 700km and nine over 4500m high passes I reached Yushu at 3700m. It was the first major Tibetan city I've seen in my life…

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  • CHINA

    Hitting nails into ice

    A morning view from sleeping bag at 4500m on the Tibetan plateau. I occasionally struggled to pitch my tent as the ground was completely frozen, like concrete. With a big rock…

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  • CHINA

    By a prayer stone

    This is one of the amazing campsites I found in moonlight on the Tibetan plateau. In the morning I found a piece of a prayer stone right next to my tent!…

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  • CHINA

    Tail wind!

    Feeling good on a top of the second 4600m pass of the day. #tailwindsforever #biketouring #China #Qinghai #November2015…

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