Friday 30th to Chita

It was just a long day on ordinary roads as we continue to play catch up.
Because the planners screwed up, we have to ride until we catch up with the agenda so we get to the hotels on time. That could be a problem down the line so we ignore the things we might have seen to get back on time. Damn shame really and could have and should have been avoided.
However we got away pretty early and stopped for breakfast at a truck stop. Eggs and spuds.
This is a huge landscape. Vast rolling hills. Ordinary roads, sometimes rough, allways on guard. Not too much of anything. Refuelling is interesting. Pay first and then pour. Tough if you buy too much ! Also tough if the pump stops delivering before you get what you paid for. All challenging stuff. We were no longer riding in procession so we were free to make our own pace and find the best roads to ride. That didn't allways suit the "boss" but never mind it would get worse for him later as more options became available. The road from China through Russia is pretty much a one road system so all the traffic uses the one road and its pretty rough. Hence the desire to find alternatives as driving the same road as huge ex army trucks, which are the backbone of free enterprise transport, has its own hazzards.
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