Day 42 Pishan to Yarkant（皮山-叶尔羌）

The road is coming to close to the end, but we are fighting hard to make ground...I feel at times we are in a movie struggling across long stretches of desert trying to reach our destination and I often taunt mother nature questioning it's strength and wondering when we will come across a beautiful water cooler...Yesterday there was a earthquake in Hetian prefecture and we just finished cycling through that region today...Luckily we avoided that natural disturbance and we made it safely through to the Kashgar prefecture.
旅程渐渐接近终点，但是我们还是很挣扎着前进…有时候我觉得自己仿佛在一部电影里：挣扎着穿越一望无际的沙漠向我们的目的地前进，我常常会和大自然母亲开开玩笑，质疑她的能量，更想知道我们什么时候能碰到一个梦寐以求的饮水机…昨天和田发生了地震，我们今天刚刚骑车穿越那个地方。很幸运，我们没有什么大碍，很安全地来到了喀什县境内。

We made few stops yesterday to meet and greet the children....The first group we met were wild and a lot of fun. We showed a few tricks with the skipping rope, even had a few old men jump in on the action! Having fun exists at all ages and sometimes we need to revert back to those old sentiments to feel rejuvenated and refreshed. I often believe when people ask us " ni chong guo lai?" and we tell them Shanghai....they get inspired to maybe get moving, break a sweat or create a goal for themselves they want to achieve..People are attracted to passion and I am sure down the line we have made positive impression with a few individuals...
我们昨天停留了几次和孩子们玩耍…第一群孩子很狂野，很有趣。我们展示了一些跳绳的技巧，甚至有老人也来一起跳！任何年龄的人都有颗童心，有时候我们需要这样的返璞归真。我常常相信当人们问我们“你中国来？”、我们回答说“上海”时，他们会受到一些启发而开始一些行动，为他们自己设定一个目标去完成。人们往往会被热情所感染，我确信我在这个正确的方向上做的不错，我们已经带给人们一些积极的影响了…

We are getting closer to our destination and we are currently in a town called Yarkant. Yesterday we stopped heading west and now we are moving north towards Kashgar which is 190 km away. Go to go back to that familiar seat and keep on moving. Much love coming from the haul 2 play camp...Jiayou!!!! We are almost there baby!
我们离最终目的地越来越近，现在来到了叶尔羌镇。昨天我们没有继续朝西而是向北朝着190公里外的喀什前进。回到那熟悉的座位上，坚持骑行。在此我替自己和小柳同学向大家传达一下对你们的关心和想念…加油！我们就要到了！