25. April 2015

April 25th Qinghai Lake

Today average ride altitude, 3500 meters...So let me tell you how cold is it while driving at 120km/h...Body and legs are pretty ok with our equipment but fingers are the worst...Even with 2 gloves layers, it was freezing cold...We reached Qinghai lake around noon. Qinghai means blue sea and to describe in 1 word : HUGE. It is the biggest lake in China and his perimeters is over 400KM. We ride the main G109 from the south, for 150KM , a beautiful straight line. Most of the religious people here walk around the lake for months while praying and sometimes on their knees every meters (crazy but true).

 

After a local lunch (with some Lamb of course) we decided to keep going until Chaka Salt Lake. 200KM later, windy like hell, we have to force to keep the bike straight. Chaka salt lake is the largest salt mine in the world, so we went to try their local salt directly from the ground and try if our boat is floating. Boat is doing alright on the salty sea hahaha. We took some pictures with local sculpture made from salt but i still prefer our french statue made by sand at la Grand motte ou le Grau du Roi... Anyway...Then we decided to spend the night in Haixi town 200km away. Once there, the hotel war started and no one wants to accommodate Laowai (etrangers). So we called the police and we had a special escort until the only hotel of the city who accept us...But for safety reason we have to stay in the hotel and cannot go out or we have to call the police, so we decided to stay in and update the blog...

 

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