Tire change cost us about an hour, we still made Baiyan in daylight, The Joyce Hotel in Baiyan was one of the best value we've stayed in
Baiyan to Yinchuan
We can feel the drastic change in the climate now. All the humidity has disappeared, bright blue skies and Gobi Desert-like landscape (once out of the city)
Just out of the city & we're in what will become the Gobi Desert further north. Nothing really grows here, winters will be brutal, you can understand why its uninhabited except for nomad animal herders
A bit further north and it looks like they're trying to harvest something green
Then back to nothingness
Muslim Mosques pop into the sky in every village we pass through
In for a fill up and 8 Police officers want to know where we're going and why we're here.
This is probably the first time they've seen a large group of foreign big bikes on the highway, they cant read the Thai number plates, its all very confusing for them
We show them our Chinese temporary driving licenses and Chinese temporary registrations for the bikes and that calms them down some what
We can go
They seem to be getting stricter with the filling of the bikes, further south we could sweet talk them, here they point to the side and there's no negotiation, jugs it is.
80km up the highway, we realize we've lost Albert, 2 hours later we've got him back, thanks to email
