KKH and China

the pic above was taken in pakistan along the karakorum highway. we were here in august and while during the first week it was a bit hot the weather was good to us. the KKH is a pretty easy place to cycle tour, there is always food and if you dont want to camp, a place to sleep. the road is good and the climbs not too long or steep.
this is in china, and this particular day gave us some serious wind. when it came time to camp we couldn't find, a: anywhere flat and b: anywhere out of the angry wind. this little camp spot is just under a bridge along the main road. flat and out of the wind.
cruising along a newly bitumened part of the KKH in china.
this pic above is me and rob heading up to a pass of 3150m. we met rob in pakistan and ended up riding a fair bit with him in tibet. he was 48 years young at the time and is a strong rider and a great guy to travel with. there were 6 of us travelling together at this time. myself, peter my dutch mate, rob, franz an austrian we had met in vienna and then later met up with in pakistan, and michel and andrea 2 germans we also met in pakistan. so it was quite the little tour group.
this is at mazar. this is andrea, me and michel. we arrived here late the previous night after having reached the chiragsaldi pass maybe a little bit too late in the day. descending 1150m in the dark with a pissy headlight was interesting. i managed to get in front of a chinese army truck and could use its headlights to help me see the road for the last half of the descent.