Feels good to be back on the bike. Today have made an ambitious target to get to the next big city, Baotou. 150km. Morning session not so good into the head wind. Stop for lunch and end up getting a free meal. The chinese are naturally curious and when, of all things, a foreigner rocks up bike fully laden and looking like he's been stranded in a desert for months, fascination leads to many questions being asked and quite frequently to a free meal. On my way again it finally starts getting dark, just reaching the outskirts of Baotou. Asking every man and his dog for directions to a place to sleep they all point to the same place. Its gets pretty messy finding this place and after the 8th person asked, finally arrive, hidden away down countless alleyways. It's the best place I'll ever stay in as 1) its frikken cheap. 2) great food and 3) it doubles as a the local spa and is equipped with sauna's, heated pools, and all those other things I have no idea what they're called. Spend the evening chilling in the heated pool before getting into one of those steam room thingys.