October | 2005 | Pete Jansen's Blog

Table of Days Cycled, Accommodation, KM markers etc along the trip.

The KM markers where they exist are the best way of finding places and knowing how far it is to the next place. All highways in China have a number and generally have distance markers (from the start of the highway) every 1 or 5 km’s

Date	KM Marker	Delta Dist	Altitude	My Dist	Day Distance	cycling time	Accom	Notes
12/05/2005		47		0				Trip to Islamabad Visit Mosque
				47	47			Depart Rawalpindi
13/05/2005		110		157	110	6:21	Chapoy	Abbottabad
14/05/2005		29		186	29	1:57	Manshera	Manshera
15/05/2005		40		226	40	?	Basham	Basham Approx 80 km by truck
16/05/2005		75		301	75	6:05	Dasu	Dasu
17/05/2005		51		352	51	3:46	Gilgit	Gilgit Approx 200 km by police jeep
21/05/2005		77		429	77	5:38	Ghulmet Nala	Ghulmet Nala Rachoposhi paradise inn
22/05/2005		30		459	30	2:26	Karimabad	Karimabad
23/05/2005		52		511	52	3:57	Passu	Passu
24/05/2005		40		551	40	?	Sost	Sost Pakistan Passport Control
25/05/2005							Tashkorgan	Tashkorgan Transport from Sost to Tashkorgan Chineese not allowing cyclists over pass Chineese imigration
26/06/2005		54		605	54	4:42	Karakol Camp
27/05/2005		44		649	44	3:51	Karatash village	Karatash village Local Accomodation
28/05/2005		90		739	90	4:04	Camp 20 km from Ghez Check point
29/05/2005	(315) 3017	115	1300	850	115	6:02	Kashgar/Kashi	Kashgar/Kashi Highway 315 Ashphalt good road
	3002							Market
	2945							Kengisar
	2941							Lake
2/06/2005		118		968	118	6:05	Camp
	2833							Maxbulak tourist area Lake
3/06/2005	2829	83	1300	1051	83	3:51	Shache/Yarkant	Shache Turn left in this big town
4/06/2005	2759	65	1300	1116	65	3:59	Yecheng/Kargilik	Yecheng/Kargilik End Highway 315 turn right into Highway 219 6 km out of town Ashphalt
	(219) 25	25	1500					Army Base
	56	31	1840					Village
	62	4	1900					Kokyar Basic Food Shops
	71	10	2000					Village Basic Food Shops
5/06/2005	86			1199	83	5:32	Camp
	93	19	2100					End Ashphelt No Ashphelt until Ali/Shiquanhe but still good road
	100	7	2300					Akmequit Nothing to buy
	104	4	2500					Begin Ascending to Pass
	112	8	3150					Pass Good Road
	126	14	2400					Akas Road-Repair-Station End Decending
	131	5	2600					Army Base in 2003: begin of road works very bad but soon very good? In Ocober 2003 road building Soon Very good
	133							Begin ashphelt
6/06/2005	138			1264	65	5:39	Camp
	161	30	3000					Kudi Basic Food Shops Army Base Military Check point (Passport check) Road-Repair-Station
7/06/2005	170			1297	33	2:41	Camp
	179	18	3280					Army Base In 2003 Road-Repair-Station Basic Restaurant
	194	15	3900					Begin Ascending to Pass
	196							End Ashphelt
8/06/2005	206	12	4300	1333	36	?	RRS	Small Road-Repair-Station
	217	12	4885					Chiragsaldi pass No view to K2 as described in LP
9/06/2005	241	24	3675	1367	34	?	Mazar	Mazar Restaurants Small Shops Dormitory Left for Ali up Yarkart He Right to K2
	254	13	3715					Truck Stop (abandoned) Small Restaurant Small Shop in Main Building (abandoned)
10/06/2005	284			1410	43	?	Camp
	289	35	3860					Road-Repair-Station Uygur Food Dirty dormitory
	292	3	3900					Begin Ascending to Pass Army tents
	309	17	4895					Xaidulla-Pass Keycha Daban Kirgizjangal Daban
11/06/2005	324	15	4300	1418	39	4:19	Camp	Road-Repair-Station Not in use
	340	16	3800					Road-Repair-Station
	354	14	3485					End of descending Ruins. Reaching Karakax (Karahash) He
	364	10	3560					Xaidulla Only important town until Rotok Xian Restaurants Shops Dorms Army Base at end of town
12/06/2005	377			1473	55	3:30	Camp
	385							Road to west
	386							Large new army camp
	387							New road west
	405	41	3700					Road to west (Purtax) Turn off to the Karakorum Pass and South-Western Aksai Chin
	410							Road-Repair-Station Abandoned
	414							Road east to military bunker
	425	20	4180					Kosbel pass Pass
13/06/2005	426			1522	49	4:58	Camp
	437	12	3800					Kangxiwar Road-Repair-Station End Decending
14/06/2005	472			1568	46	3:49	Camp
	487	50	4000					Dahongliutan Restaurants Small Shops Dormitory Road-Repair-Station little water till KM508
15/06/2005	511			1607	39	3:57	Camp
	512	25	4500					Road-Repair-Station Road-Repair-Station
	518	6	4820					Begin Aksai Chin
	534	16	5080					Khital (Chitai) pass Flat Uphill Downhill Shortcut
	537	3	4940					End decending Onto Plane
	543	6	4900					Tent (in summer) Basic food and beverage
16/06/2005	545			1642	35	3:58	Camp
	577	34	4735					Tianshuihai Military Base Resterant abandoned
17/06/2005	600			1698	56	4:39	Camp
	630	53	4864					Begin ascending to pass Reaching end of Aksai Chan Plane Lake before ascending pass
18/06/2005	638			1740	42	3:32	Camp
	670	40	5125					Pass
19/06/2005	672	2	5005	1776	36	3:22		Tielong Lake river Basic food and beverage shops more around corner 2 km further Photo
	688	16	5350					Pass
	712	22	4850					Begin ascending to pass
	718	6	5100					1st pass Border Between Xinjing and Tibet Photo
20/06/2005	719			1860	45	4:43	Camp
	720	2	5272					2nd pass
	730	10	5090					Sumxi Tent with basic food and beverage
	740	10	5401					Pass Highest pass on Western Tibet route
21/06/2005	763			1907	47	4:36	Camp
	793							Road east
	828	88	4350					Domar Miltary base basic food and beverage shop restaurants domitory
22/06/2005	833			1981	74	5:25	Camp	(about 3 km missing in KM markers before Domar)
	845	17	4250					Pass
	853	8	4300					End Downhill
	876							Road east
	893	40						House Basic food when open
23/06/2005	895	2	4150	2044	63	5:36	Camp	Reaching Nyak lake
	918	23	4150					Village Basic food and beverage Fish from the lake tour boats on the lake
24/06/2005	933	15	4150	2082	38	3:37	Rutok Xian	Rutok Xian Big town international Calls Internet Restaurants Market Shops PSB
	960	28	4240					Nomad tents
	962	2	4250					Tibetan houses
	965	3						Turn off to Rabang
	967	2						Prehistoric Petroglyphs at Rupudong Flat uphill 1 km before top of Lame La
25/06/2005	973			2123	41	4:23	Camp
	999							Road junction east and west roads
	1002							Road to west
26/06/2005	1020			2170	47	5:18	Camp
	1022	60	4800					Pass Lame-La
27/06/2005	1058	6	4200					Ali/Shiquanhe Capital of Ali Prefecture everything showers banks telephone big town PSB permits for Ali Y 350 Internet
	1082	24	4650					Pass Ashphelt till pass after Namru
	1092	10	4220					Gar Valley
1/07/2005	1114			2228	58	4:12	Camp opposite village
	1120	28	4250					Bridge
	1131	11						Turn off to Zhada
	1133	2	4330					Namru Village Shop Basic food and beverage
	1141/1184	7	4670					Pass Road Markers missing to Moincer 45 km missing in KM markers, End Ashphelt
2/07/2005				2270	42	4:02	Camp
		11	4480					Basic food and beverage
3/07/2005				2299	29	3:26	Camp
								Road to Zandar
		32	4470					Shangsha Basic food and beverage, shop, dormitory at army base
		8	4480					Yak Bak Basic food and beverage, shop, dormitory
4/07/2005				2320	21	2:22	Camp in Nomad tent
		9	4720					Pass
		14	4820					Pass
5/07/2005	1287	24	4340	2404	40	3:45		Moincer Important Town, Check point (not interested) Turn off to Tirthapuri hot springs, restaurants, shops, dormitory, telephone
		33	4550					River
		10	4740					Pass Mt Kailash Comes into view
6/07/2005				2457	53	5:13	Camp
7/07/2005		18	4570	2466	10	1:10	Darchen	Darchen Darchen restaurants, shops, hotels, tourists
		19	4570	2488				Barga Shops, restaurants, dormitories, turn off to Purang, 12 km to Chiu Monastery
				2506				Road North (To mine?)
		22	4570	2511				Huore (Hor Qu) Shops, restaurants, hotels
10/07/2005				2514	48	3:59	Camp
				2517				Petrol Station
				2532				Road to north
				2538				Road to north to Zhighn ?
11/07/2005				2547	32	3:34	Camp
		43	4840					Pass before lake
		3	4780	2561				Bridge over Kongyn Tso outlet
				2577				Bridge over Kongyn Tso inlet
12/08/2005				2579	32	3:36	Camp
		52	5180	2601				Mayum La
13/07/2005				2622	44	4:13	Camp
		24	4810	2625				Mayum Houses, accomodation, military check point, shops
14/07/2005				2667	45	4:02	Camp
		45		2669				Samsang Tents, basic food and beverage, shops
				2709				Road to north
		43		2712				Military post just after bridge new buildings before bridge
15/07/2005				2719	51	4:16	Camp
16/07/2005		21	4630	2732	13	1:14	Paryang	Paryang Accomodation, Shops, Telephone
		23	4800	2755				Pass
		14						Village behind rocks No People there
		7						Pass
		23						Road to New Zhongba
17/08/2005		5		2773	18	?	Lift 30km into New Zhongba	New Zhongba Restaurants, Shops, Fresh Food, Calls, Military Post
		5		2779				Back to Main Road Paved Road back to Main Road, new Petrol Station at junction being built
				2782				2 bridges
	1703	21		2794				First Marker after Namru pass
18/08/2005	1704	1		2796	22	1:50	Old Zhongba	Old Zhongba Accomodation, Shops, Calls
		18						Road-Repair-Station
		5						Pass
		9						End Decending
		19						Road-Repair-Station Abandoned
		10						Road-Repair-Station Destroyed
		5						Nignu
19/07/2005				2857	61	5:25	Camp
20/07/2005		50		2900	43	3:38	Takilun	Takilun Basic food and beverage
		16						Road-Repair-Station Abandoned
		2	4930					Pass
21/07/2005	1846	9		2937	31	2:51		Saga Important Town, turn off to Zhangmu short cut, restaurants, shops, calls, internet
	1849
	1862			2948
	1878							Road-Repair-Station
	1890	44						Pass
24/07/2005	1900			2986	56	4:37	Camp
	1906							Road to North Northern Route to Ali
	1911	21						Raga Shops, Accomodation, Restaurants 22nd Road-Repair-Station
	1917							Road to South
	1922							Road-Repair-Station And Tea House
	1925							Pawacun Village
25/07/2005	1941			3032	46	3:18	Padengcun	Padengcun Village, accomodation, shop, tibetan restruants
	1950	39	4950					Pass
26/07/2005	1955			3047	15	1:27	Guest House	Guest House
	1971							Road-Repair-Station And Guest house
	1989	39	4500					Pass
	1991							Road-Repair-Station And Tea Tent
27/07/2005	1996			3087	41	3:42	Camp
	2000			3092
	2026	37						Sangsang Big town, Restaurants, Shops, Telephone, Accomodation
28/07/2005				3126	39	3:20	Camp
	2035		4700	3129				Pass
	2052	26						Pass
	2060	8						Village Checkpoint, trucks only
	2061							Tree First tree in 1700 km
29/07/2005				3157	31	2:52	Camp
	2069							Small Pass
	2085	25						Kaga
	2090	5						Pass
30/07/2005	2104			3201	44	3:43	Camp	Many Villages
	2138	48						Bridge over Bumiputra
	2140			3235				Road Junction End Highway 219 join to Highway 318
31/07/2005	(318) 5052	14			64	4:46	Lhatze	Lhatze Highway 318, Big town, internet, shops, accomodation, Also 10 km east to hot springs and back
	5077							Jiejiaocun Village
2/08/2005				3293	28	4:21	Camp
	5087	35						Pass
	5115							Guore Village shop
3/08/2005				3335	41	3:50	Camp
								Shelkar Big town, Shops, Accomodations, telephone
4/08/2005				3379	44	3:36	Camp
	5135							Road to east
								Tingri Accomodation, Shops, Junction to Everest Base Camp
5/08/2005				3431	53	4:13	Hot Springs	Hot Springs Accomodation
6/08/2005	5254	167		3480	48	4:05	Guest House	Guest House
	5276	22	4945					La-LongLa
	5282		4610					Road-Repair-Station Bridge, dormitory
7/08/2005	5289	13	5055	3517	37	4:57	Camp	Tong-La Photo
	5303							Village
	5311							Village Shop
	5318		4200					Road-Repair-Station
	5345	56	3720					Nyalam Big town, accomodation, shops, check point before town
8/08/2005	5376	31	2400	3608	90	5:57	Zhangmu	Zhangmu Border town, accomodation, shops, telephone etc etc
	(Nepal) 117	8	1800					Kodari Nepalise border town
	98	19						Begin ashphelt
	62	36						Begin acent
	59	3	875					Pass
9/08/2005	57	2	735	3676	69	5:23	Dolgart	Dolgart Lowest point entire route, shops, some accomodation
	47	10	970					Pass
	30	17	1600					Dhulikel town across pass
	22	8						Pass
10/08/2005	0	22	1300	3737	55	?	Kathmandu	Kathmandu

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