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Thrasher
Day 3. I wake up early. I discover that my dynamo have stopped working. Everything looks ok but there’s no reaction when i turn the wheel. Maybe something happened when I crashed? Crap. We wait for the sun to go over the mountains to dry up the tents and warm us up then get going. We have a 50k downhill in front of us. We speed up, lots of fun, what an awesome place this is! We reach a village after 30k. We buy coke, bread, snickers and paprika. It’s a really hot day and the road is one big dusty washboard. We stop for lunch under a couple of trees. We turn west after 50k. Lousy tarmac and a headwind. I put my head down and push on, it’s hard work just to keep my speed in the double digits. For the first time since Bishkek there's actually some traffic. We climb 600m then back down again. We cross a freezing creek and set camp out of sight of the road and the sun. Quick dip in the water to freshen up. Our best dinner yet. Couscous with sausages, nuts and paprika. Tomorrow it’s time for Song Kul!