On the second day, when the pavement turned to loose gravel, progress started slowing down and the road began to cause more bike damage, most of which would manifest itself on the third day of riding. The biggest annoyance was that the unpaved track of gravel was so dry and dusty that anytime a rig passed I would be choking on clouds of dust for the next hundred meters. All the dust that stuck to my exposed skin did have the advantage, however, of increasing the SPF factor quite a bit.

I ran into this crew on my second day - all seven of them were riding on the motorcycle and sidecar that you see behind them. It was like a VW cramming session. (6-04-05)

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Kazakh Motorcycle Load, Second Day of Riding