Day 5 Wuhu to Hefei

Yesterday was a big day! We started off our morning by riding into the east side of Wuhu to visit the Wuhu Orphanage. We dropped off some equipment, but unfortunately we were not allowed to visit the children because an appointement is required by the provincial government. However, Li Huang Li the director of the Orphanage was very kind and she gave us her word that the equipment would get to the children.

 昨天是个大日子！我们一大早从芜湖东边出发向芜湖孤儿院骑行。我们捐助了一些体育器材，但可惜的是我们没能进去看看孩子们因为我们没有预约。不过，孤儿院的领导李凰丽（音译）非常和蔼，她保证这些器材一定会分发给孩子们。  

Now it was time to head to Hefei which was 150 km from our destination. We decided to take the road less traveled instead of the express way. We took the "Xian Dao" old country road to Hefei....and it was a bumpy ride for most of the way. However, it was test to see the durability of our bikes and trailer and we survived.

现在我们开始向距离150公里的合肥前进。我们决定不再走高速，而换一条人迹罕至的路走走。去往合肥的整条路我们都走了“县道”···这段路很颠簸。可是，我们把这当做对自行车耐用性的考验，并且我们也克服了这些困难。

We are now biking through the mountains and country side which has been beautiful. The rice fields have been stunning and the people in these small communities have been very kind. At times I have been challenging the locals for a little sport, a race throughout the country side...This old cat was cold as ice, but in the end I pulled through...

这时我们在风景优美的乡下、山间骑行。稻田里的稻子长势很旺，很美。村民们都非常友好。有时候我也和当地人比比体育，一场在乡间举行的比赛···这个人挺厉害的，但我最后还是超过了他···
 

Our first big climb of our trip took place during this leg. We climbed Tai Hu Shan right outside of Gaochun and the views were spectacular. The great thing about having the trailer is when I descend from the top of mountain, I am coming down with speed and the "Korean Express" is leading the charge.
 
此刻，我们迎来了旅程中的第一座山——太湖山，山上的风景很壮观。自行车后面有拖车的好处就是下山时的速度快多了，现在“韩国快线”领先。

After our descend we met some locals right outside of Tai Hu Shan and we gave them some sporting equipment before making our last push towards Hefei.
 
在我们下山后我们在太湖山外遇见了一些当地人，我们在最后向合肥冲刺前给了他们一些体育器材。  

We arrived in Hefei to our hotel at 11 o'clock last night after a 170 km ride. We had to add an extra 20 km to get to the city center which was chaotic. Today, we are refilling the trailer and heading to Lu An. Thank you everyone for your support, everytime we stop we read your comments which give us that extra push....

在骑车170公里后我们到了合肥，那时已是晚上11点了。我们得再多骑20公里才能到嘈杂的市区。今天，我们装满了拖车再向六安前进。谢谢大家的支持，每次我们停下脚步都会看看你们的评论，这给予了我们很大的动力···  

Thinking about purchasing one of these visors for the ride....
要不我们也买两个遮阳帽试试？