cycling the kkh #2

this day was even more scenic than the first one. i rode all the way through hunza valley and up to attabad lake, which has the craziest colour i've ever seen in nature. the sun was banging again and there was a fat climbing section, but with a few eating & reading breaks, it wasn't too bad.

until i got to the pakistani-chinese friendship tunnel and my entire rear casette broke off the bearing with no way of fixing it on the spot. i had to push the bike a couple of kilometres out of the tunnel, but still had 20 or so to go to my goal for the day. i was figuring what my next moves should be, when some sort of police convoy stopped next to me and threw me and my bike onto the back of a pickup truck and drove me through the rest of the tunnels.

from there, i managed to hitchhike a transporter for a couple more kilometres. then, i just pushed or rolled the rest of the way, until i finally made it to a little mechanic shop. although they had no experience with bicycles, they managed to fix it at least temporarily, so that i could ride the rest of the way. needless to say, i was veeery relieved when i finally saw the hostel sign.Read more