Desert in Dunhuang

Tommarow I go to the PSB and attempt to get another extension. That will determine how my trip plays out over the next couple of months. Despite being told by other travellers that its hard to impossible to get a third extension, I am hopeful. I found a bike today. It is a pretty good qaulity moutain bike for 100 US dollars. In the US the same bike costs between 200 and 400 dollars. I am in Urumqi. I will be here as long as it takes to get supplies, and my visa, but then I'm off. My biking partner is named Caroline. She is a doctor from Southern France who specializes in tropical diseases. She seems like a very good match for a traveling partner who I may be spending up to two months with. Its funny, I'm trying to learn Uyger, and remember the french I learned when I was younger, so conversations have slid in and out of Mandarin, French, English, and Uyger over the last two days.