We made it.....we are in Lhasa, Tibet. We were so worried about our bike going cargo and us not getting on the plane due to some problem with the Travel permit that it was a stressful day, but it went without a hitch and no big stress, well apart from when Rich thought we were at the wrong gate and made us run through the airport all to find out we had been at the right gate all along, a kick of adrenalin was not what i needed at that point in time, but it was all fine. The bike was there waiting for us at the cargo terminal there were a few chunks out of the boxes but all was well inside.
Our travel companions arrived on the train from Beijing and we all went to dinner, there are two students from London, and a chap from Canada who is on a world tour, but slightly worryingly not by bike! In fact none of them have been on any extended cycle tours and all have new bikes and basic knowledge in bike stuff! However there is a big truck following us so if things go wrong them and the bikes can catch a ride, we however are going slowly and doing it all. I recon we shall have a good time and they will preserver. find their rhythm and acheive!
So our next post shall be from Kathmandu, Nepal, in 21 days time, but give us a few days to get on a computer before anyone starts to panic! We shall have completed 1000km over 16 days up and down large hills (still hills, not mountains) so may just colapse in Kathmandu for a few days before we post. However, we will check our phones so people can still txt us, apparently Everest Vase camp has very little of anything but good phone signal!!
6 months in training and finally here.....can't wait.
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