Friendship Highway by Bike 98'

Timetable for Central Tibet trip

Date Place km Altitude (m) Remarks
23-06-98 Hanoi -   Arrive by flight in Vietnam.
24-06-98 Hanoi -    
25-06-98 Hanoi -    
26-06-98 Hanoi -    
27-06-98 China -   By train over the Vietnamese border to China
28-07-98 Kunming -    
29-06-98 Kunming -    
30-06-98   -    
01-07-98 Chengdu -    
02-07-98 Chengdu -    
03-07-98 Chengdu -    
04-07-98 Lhasa - 3600  
05-07-98 Lhasa - 3600  
06-07-98 Lhasa - 3600  
07-07-98 Lhasa - 3600  
08-07-98 Lhasa - 3600  
09-07-98 Lhasa - 3600  
10-07-98 Village 60   Wow. 60 km - twice the longest I ever have biked before.
11-07-98 Yamdrok lake     Pushed my bike nonstop for 9 hours up the Kamba la pass. Will never ever forget this day.
12-07-98 Nangartse     Meet Waud and Daniel
13-07-98 Gyantse 104   A long day ride
14-07-98 Gyantse     Restday and visit to monesty.
15-07-98 Shigatse     Meet Richard again.
16-07-98 Shigatse     The police roar my hotel, meet Christoph and Fernando
17-07-98 Mountain camp     Christoph and I are sich, Fernando go for Sakya.
18-07-98 Lhatse     Food party throughout the night
19-07-98 Lhatse     Wait Fernando to come + my pedal fall off.
20-07-98 Segar      
21-07-98 Segar      
22-07-98 Village      
23-07-98 Everest base camp      
24-07-98 camp 1      
25-07-98 camp 1.5      
26-07-98 camp 2      
27-07-98 camp 2      
28-07-98 Guesthouse 24    
29-07-98 Nyalam     Food posining. Back to Tingri and with a landcruiser to Nyalam to wait out the gang of two to arrive.
30-07-98 Nyalam     Waiting.
31-07-98 Nyalam     At last they come.
01-08-98 Kodari     Now in nepal.
02-08-98 Hotel     Hell day. Dragged my damn Chinese bike up a mountain in darkness, moskitoes all around
03-08-98 Kathmandu     Trip is over. What a nosy place.
04-08-98 Kathmandu      
05-08-98        
06-08-98        
07-08-98        
08-08-98        
17-08-98 Kathmandu - Denmark - -  

© Martin Adserballe 2001