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Yunnan Province; China
Mar2004-09-14 15:37:29
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but have the feeling I am watching a broken television set. The road changes color from gray-gravel to yellow to red and back to gray again.
We're still not down to any river but cycle up and down halfway the mountain. It's a miracle that a handful of minibuses are capable of moving at all over this small road and through the mud. Just one simple mistake or a sleepy driver would be fatal and the bus would end up at 1800m. This is also what can happen to a cyclist if a truck wants to pass you and the road is only as wide as the bus.
Immediately as we went through a short tunnel, that cuts the corner off the mountain, a strong wind starts blowing. Apparently we have gone from one valley into another.
In the deep we spot the wild Mekong River for the first time, but the strong wind and drizzle prevents us to hear it.
The bottle goes in
On the 10th of October at exactly 12:08 o'clock (local time), we throw in a plastic bottle in the Mekong River (don't worry this is next to all that Chinese garbage). It contains a secret message written in English, Chinese, Lao, Cambodian and Vietnamese. From here we start cycling along the Mekong River to Laos. The water runs fast so we hurry as well. It's going to be us or the bottle that reaches the ocean first. If we can't find the bottle near the ocean, we will replace it for a bottle of red wine and celebrate we are there first. If someone finds the bottle at the ocean before we are there, we will replace it for wine as well and share it with the finder. Only two corrections need to be calculated. One, the Mekong does not go to sleep. Two, the river gets broader and therefore slows down. I am so sorry I can’t think of any formula to calculate the corrections
The Mekong to Weixi.
We are down at the Mekong river and the road has adjusted it's turns and shape to the river. We figure that, because of
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