Sometimes life's simple pleasure is just a bowl of noodles and a bed. After a hearty dinner and a good night sleep, today's ride started off on the right note. 67km of mostly flat or downhill (and paved) road...now this is what I call a "recovery" ride. The first 35km was a breeze with no cars, trucks or people in sight. Mat and I had the whole road to ourselves. This is also when I understood why Tibet is called "the roof of the world" - the cumulous clouds were so low and close to the plateau, we felt like we were on the roof of the world! I didn't really understand or see it until today - what an amazing view.
Ok life can't always be so easy....just after lunch at 45km, the winds picked up (headwind of course) with a light rain. Our ambitious plan of climbing the first of two passes quickly disappeared, as we struggled to complete the final 20km in the rain, wind and cold. Tomorrow will be a long day with back-to-back climbs...the second pass (Thang La) I hear is the highest and toughest climb of our trip.
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