Bicycle Touring The World: China, Shihezi to Urumqi
My latest bicycle touring around the world update, cycling across China. Shihezi to Urumqi. 98 miles. Decided not to ride on the motorway today. Although it’s nice, easy and fast riding, it is a little bit boring! Well, that didn’t work after about 30 miles. The road was closed with no obvious detour, so I just went back on the motorway!
As I’m staying in a big city tonight, you’d think that finding a hotel would be easy. It took me ages. I suppose, being a bigger place, they spread out more.
Finished the day off with a big climb that I needn’t have done! I missed my exit, and by the time I realised, I’d already gone uphill a fair way. When I got to the top of the climb, I saw a sign for a hotel, but they were full. So I decided to carry on down this road, which was going back down the hill a different way, though before I knew it, I was in the city where I’d intended to stop in the first place, just came into it in the opposite direction!
Tour Information
It’s been years since I took this ride, but the memories (and the data) are all archived:
- Photos: See my photos on Flickr
- The route: View my journey around the world
- Videos: Check out my YouTube videos
- Tour page: Ride overview
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