Day 222 (China): serious nowhereland - Qiemo (where is Qiemo?)

daily distance: 154km
total distance: 12,835km
riding time: 8h

The night was cold, but the morning was beautiful. I tried to get moving early, but the long days are getting to me.

There wasn’t much going on today …

The road was still good and the weather was kind …

As was the case yesterday, the donkeys were out in full force.

There were houses every now and again and one village early on (rather decrepit), but other than that it was like this … long hours in the saddle and nothing much to look at.

I then got to Qiemo where I saw this …

And then I was looking for the town of Qiemo. I couldn’t seem to find it, so I kept moving along the road I was going to have to take. The mile markers for Qiemo went past and then, in the end, the town appeared. I was tired and didn’t feel like looking for a place for long. I found one, took it and then had dinner and fell asleep. Tomorrow is my day off and then further on to the Yellow Sea (or something like this).