Feng Yu Kou 427 Start/finish 03-FEB-2007 16:15:00 We started at Jin Du in the Xi Gao Xin area and stopped for a late breakfast of meat (fat) -filled bread and dumpling soup. Then we went south and headed for the mountains. 425 Luanzhen - fixing the bike 03-FEB-2007 18:00:00 Andreas is fixing the bike and everyone wants to see. 509 Fengyukou, China 03-FEB-2007 18:36:00 Just 25 km south of Xi'an you can find some very nice rural mountain scenery. 940 Road side restaurant 03-FEB-2007 21:45:00 The text on the wall means something like "If you come here once and never come back, it's our fault. If you come here twice and don't come back, it's our fault". I have no idea what the smurf means. 1166 Climbing towards the camping place 03-FEB-2007 23:29:00 After a long search we fuond a very nice camping spot. It was at 1200 m altitude and to get there we had to push the bikes. 1185 The second day - across the mountains 04-FEB-2007 16:45:00 The second day we had to climb across the mountain. There was still some snow. 759 Guandimiao - Xian--Ahnkang highway 04-FEB-2007 18:28:00 The highway south from Xi'an passes some pretty rough terrain. It runs through the worlds second longest two-tube tunnel in the world at 18020 m. It is forbidden to cycle through (probably not a good idea anyway) but i went there by bus and it is pretty impressive. See here 424 Back in Xian 04-FEB-2007 21:00:00 Back in Xian finally... NOT! 418 422 425 509 543 599 630 666 744 785 940 1166 1194 1194 1185 1185 1252 1272 759 749 649 649 424