Day 236 (China): nowhereland (km marker 1772 on G109) - km marker 2151 on G312 (where is G309?)

daily distance: 138km
total distance: 13,646km
riding time: 7h 

There wasn’t much going on all day. The CCC land (coal, corn, cabbage) was replaced by corn and potatoe land towards the end of the day and the middle was taken up by getting into and out of Lanzhou.

Here is where I spent the night …

Lanzhou is a bigger place.

And has some interesting figures on the riverside.

Pollution was my friend on the way in and a mighty big hill on the way out. While I was putting down water at the end of it, a little tractor had to be refilled with water as it was blowing a good amount of steam towards the top of the climb. You get what you need I suppose.

Pollution (the type you can feel in your lungs) …

The one problem I am facing is that I couldn’t find the road that I had been meaning to take. G309 that is. Instead I am now traveling on G312, which is Rob’s road. The guy from www.14degrees.org. And who has traveled the whole length of the road by skateboard. At any rate, the idea is to head to G309 some time later now. Maybe. The area I am in is busy and with G312, the highway and the railroad in the same valley, things are a bit hectic at times.

Dinner was frugal. After being turned away for caming a couple of times I pitched behind some corn fields. But hey, deja vu. Another guy with a flashlight and the burner simply makes too much noise. So, it was cold food of which I didn’t have all that much left.

Thanks for all the comments that I received the last couple of days again. They make my day.