Our short stop in Dunhuang is over and we took the road ... without knowing what will happen to us ...
we enter more into the desert and the traces of life are scarce until it disappears completely. 
really totally ... Today's stage should be only 230 km to Xingxingxia, a small town that we had marked on the map ... Fortunately for the bumpy roads already gives me seasick .. 16h. The first sign of life! The city should not be very far!
We arrived in that city. Surprise! Just a few houses lined on one side of the road. I count ... 7 total . We are quickly noticed and we were welcome. A lady offers us to rest in a sort of dormitory built for the rest of the truckers. This will do for the night. Let us now
car. There is no problem to plug. Phew! But it does not tell us everything! We later discover that we can plug it than 20h to midnight and a generator wheezy need lubrication every hour . "Electricity Government" as they say, has not arrived so far. Bad news. It's too risky for us to charge in such conditions. The next town is 120 km. We should be able to get there ... 120 km from nothing ....
... Not a house, not a truck, not a utility pole . NOTHING!
I thought the ghost towns that existed in the westerns. 350 km on the odometer. It has already exceeded the limit that we had imposed. On the map, the next town is 100 km. 450km Overall, it is impossible for us ... but we have no choice. We're back ... in fear, you drive slowly (it's a euphemism), the wind pushes us, the sun does not set until 21h ... One positive! But the silence was heavily settled in the "Shanghai". Everyone does his calculations of percentage of power remaining, kilometers traveled, altitude, wind direction, road condition ... From time to time we made the point in a flat voice to see if our results agree ...
Now only trucks dare venture into these empty roads that often are nothing more than tracks.
Fortunately the desert before us in all its forms and we never tire of it.
Night falls. Our energy too. And suddenly we see off the first light of Hami. They take a long time before wanting to get closer. 23h. What we find shelter, and connect. 425 km on the clock today! Yes, you read correctly: 425 km charged with an electric car as a camel in extreme conditions. We will celebrate our achievement with ... a good night's sleep!
GS
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