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The chinese dirt track passes are proving us!
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Another rainy day
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Slowly slowly we reach the top
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Something we couldn't miss: a flat tyre!
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Amazing view over the mountains and the road
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No cars on this road, only a couple of 100CC motorbike
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Finally the sun comes out
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Almost at the top
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We made it!
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Getting ready to go down, still the road is a dirt track
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Alpine landscape
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Descending sometimes is as hard as climbing
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Finally we reach the small village of Gayu, many kids, a well furnished grocery and a brand new concrete road!
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Nice camping spot
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We deserve a hot chocolate
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China mobile is working hard in remote areas to get people connected
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Colourful flowers
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Cycling is easy on concrete
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One of the many road side buddhist sacred spots
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Fancy a bit of climbing?
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To go down first you have to go up! That's the main rule of chinese road in this side of the country
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Simona is not praying, but trying to stretching out her sore legs
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Simona is not praying, but trying to stretching out her sore legs
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Another dirt muddy track
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Another dirt muddy track
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Another dirt muddy track
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Another dirt muddy track
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The reward of the day, a delicious tibetan dish.
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We knocked at the door of this family to ask for some shelter. And we ended up having a great tibetan dinner and a room to sleep!
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Translating from Chinese to Sanscrit
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Translating from Chinese to Sanscrit
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Family-like petrol station
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High passes are over, it starts now the long descend!
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Batang or little Venice?
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First camp spot along the Jinsha River (the upper stretches of the Yangtze River)
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This should be added among the most dangerous roads in the world!
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Cycling along the Jinsha River
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Guess who win between a muddy river and a crystal clear stream?
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Cycling along the Jinsha River
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Jinsha River
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Tibet is one bridge away
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Bridge to Tibet
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Filtering water
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A man from Sichuan, he and his family live by the side of the road. Breeding pigs and chicken.
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Sichuan woman and her kid
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We offered him some crackers and before accepting them he asked permission to his parents!
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Happy people!
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Sometimes is impossible to escape traffic, even in the most remote area of the world!
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Would you drive on this bridge?
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Would you drive on this bridge?
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Jinsha River
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Jinsha Deep Gorge
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Who said that roads along valley are flat?
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Resting in the ballroom of a small village. First they asked some money to sleep in it then decided that we could stay for free!
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Another gorgeous view of the Jinsha River valley
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Cycling up along the valley
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Can you spot the monkey?
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Cycling along the X457, not one of the most touristic road!
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Chinese got better in building bridges!
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Cycling along the X457
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Cycling along the X457
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Zhongzhan village is where we start seeing pigs everywhere!
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One of the best grocery we found
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Chinese people love playing
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Chinese people love playing
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We couldn't find a better spot
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Morning sun
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Tibetan flags and blue sky
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Daniele enjoying the morning sun
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Pigs are everywhere!
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Starting the ascend of one of the hardest pass of China
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Woman and her grocery shop
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Having some nuts and a rest
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The road is so bad that the only way to go up is by pushing the bicycle
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And trying to enjoy one of the few cycling part
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We though we made it, but it was just the "fake pass", the real one has yet to arrive
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An annoying up and down on dirt track
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Sometimes is good to know we are not the only crazy ones!
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Tibetan pastures
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The real pass. The last 3 km to reach top really killed us.
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Hobo on the pass
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Hands constantly on brakes on this steep bumpy road
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The day was ending and we thought this could be the best place for camping. And it was. No cars or trucks passed by during the night.
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The slowest day of the trip. 34 km in almost 6 hours!
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The slowest day of the trip. 34 km in almost 6 hours!
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The slowest day of the trip. 34 km in almost 6 hours!
