about 1.00pm. As of 2.00pm we'd travelled about 500km. We plan to try
and cover about the same again today since the road is divided 4 lane
motorway with little traffic.
I spotted several peasants plowing their rice fields with water
buffalo, and a small furry yellow chicken crossing the motorway in the
middle of nowhere!
We've crossed the Yangtse several times on huge new bridges.
Everywhere you look there are major construction projects underway;
bridges, railway lines and new roads- all on a grand scale.
The countryside is of course highly developed but there are also
plenty of trees in the landscape.
I drove for 2 hours this morning. The trucks are highly unpredictable
since their loads are always wider than their mirrors, they can't see
vehicles behind them. No one follows any sort of what might be
considered predictable behavior on the road - so defensive driving is
the order of the day. We cruise at 120kph, which is the speed limit -
using about 16 litres per hundred kilometers. The 4.7l v8 ticks over
at 2000 rpm at that speed.
Today has turned out to be surprisingly hot at 30 degrees. We had both
thought that the temperature might have been about half that.
It's now nearly 4.00pm and we are nearly atYichang.
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16l/100km - you'll need to drill and oil well or two at that rate.
All is well in the PEPANZ office - having some fun. Cheers David C.
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