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Tsetserleg

MONGOLIA CHINA

GOBI DESERT

INNER MONGOLIA

Saynshand

Erenhot

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Wuhai

Qinghai Lake

Zhangye Xining

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Like a skinny ant

7.500 km by bicycle

THAILAND

CAMBOGIA

75 days

70 nights in a tent

China, Province of Qinghai

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Mongolia, Gobi Desert, Dornogovi Province

Like a skinny ant

Alessandro de Bertolini

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Mongolia, next to the Horgo volcano, Arhangaj Province

11_A skinny ant

Una formica magrolina

15_A Ger for Life

Una ger per tutti

23_Welcome to Mongolia

Benvenuti in Mongolia

29_ e echoes of a nomadism

Gli echi di un nomadismo

37_AirQ4Bike, a travel companion

AirQ4Bike, compagno di viaggio

45_ e feeling of expectation

La sensazione di attesa

51_Do they really not know?

Ma davvero non lo sanno?

59_ e perimeter of an individual

Il perimetro di un individuo

65_Fate and free will

Destino e libero arbitrio

75_A continent under my wheels

Un continente sotto i pedali

81_Rarahil School

La Scuola Rarahil

87_Endure, endure, endure

Resistere, resistere, resistere

Mongolia, Khangai Mountains (Hangayn Nuruu), Arhangaj Province

“We travel to nd constant amazement; wanderers in time, our own prophets”.

“Viaggiamo per non smettere di meravigliarci, girovaghi nel tempo, profeti di noi stessi”.

Mongolia, Ulan Bator, ˇ Cingèltèj District, Ger Camp

A skinny little ant Una formica magrolina

Mongolia, Ulan Bator, ˇ Cingèltèj District, Ger Camp

Mongolia, Bulgan Province

Mongolia, Ulan Bator, ˇ Cingèltèj District, Ger Camp

A Ger for Life Una ger per tutti

Mongolia, next to Tariat, Arhangaj Province

Mongolia, next to Tèrhijn Cagaan nuur Lake (White Lake), Arhangaj Province

Mongolia, Doynhor Tergüünii Dugang district, Arhangaj Province

Mongolia, next to Tsetserleg village

Mongolia, Zavkhan Province, road to Tosontsengel

“O the track, even dreams become possible”.

“Fuori rotta, anche i sogni diventano possibili”.

Mongolia, the border between the Provinces of Khövsgöl and Zavkhan

Welcome to Mongolia Benvenuti in Mongolia

Mongolia, Battsengel District

Mongolia, Töv Province

Monogolia, Ikh-Uul District, Khövsgöl Province

Monogolia, road to Gobi Desert, Dornogovi Province

The echoes of a nomadism

Gli echi di un nomadismo

Mongolia, mongolian Bactrian camel, Gobi Desert, raod to Saynshand village

Mongolia, next to the border with Dundgovi Province

are large

Mongolia, days of Mongolian Naadam Festival (traditional festival), Bulgan Province

Mongolia, truck dirt road in Bulgan Province

Mongolia, Tov Province

China, truck dirt road in Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia Province

China, next to the Kunlun Shan Mountains, Qinghai Province

China, next to to the Bayan Har Mountains, Qinghai Province

China, Qilian Mountain National Park, between Gansu and Qinghai Province

China, Qinghai Province, Qinghai-Tibet Highway

“ e expectant, almost solemn atmosphere when it snows on your solitude”.

“Atmosfera sospesa, quasi solenne, quando nevica sulla tua solitudine”.

China, Gansu Province, road to Qinghay Lake

The feeling of expectation La sensazione di attesa

China, Inner Mongolia Province, road to Batou

China, Qinghai Province, Qinghai-Tibet Highway

China, Ningxia Province, close to the large metropolises along the Yellow River

China, Nigxia Province, road to Yellow River

China, Ningxia, road to Wuwei City

Do they really not know? Ma davvero non lo sanno?

China, metropolitan area of Yinchuan City, next to Helan Mountain, Ningxia Province

Tibet (China), Tanggula Pass, elevation 5.231 m., Tanggula Mountains

China, ruins and portion of the Great Wall in Shandan County (Gansu Province)

China, next to the border between the Ningxia and Gansu Province

China, “Rainbow Mountains” in Zhangye National Geopark (UNESCO Geopark), Gansu Province

“ ere will be nothing left of people, they’ll be replaced by machines. And when this is complete, no one will be left to enjoy the spectacle of Nature”.

“Non resterà più niente delle persone, verremo sostituiti dalle macchine.

E quando anche questo sarà compiuto, non ci sarà nessuno a godere lo spettacolo della Natura”.

China, Danggar ancient city, Zhenhai Xieying Prefecture, Gansu Province

The perimeter of an individual Il perimetro di un individuo

China, Longyang Grand Canyon, above the ancient Yellow River course, Gansu Province

China, Next to Minle village, eastern section of the ancient Silk Road, Gansu Province

Tibet (China), looking at Mount Everest, Everest Base Camp, altitude 5.100 m.

Tibet (China), “Welcome to Tibet”, Qinghai-Tibet Highway

Fate and free will Destino e libero arbitrio

Tibet (China), road to Everest Base Camp and Rongbuk Monastery

Tibet (China), Namsto Lake, altitude 4.718 m., the world’s highest saline lake

Tibet (China), Qomolangma National Nature Preserve, (Qomolangma is the Tibetan name for Mount Everest)

Tibet (China), a Tibetan village, road to Yamzho Yumco Lake

“I had no idea what was in store for me, but I was struck by the future as a place of curiosity and awe.”

“Non sapevo cosa mi aspettava ma ero impressionato dal futuro come il luogo della curiosità e della stupefazione.”

Tibet (China), Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains, subrange of the Transhimalaya System

A continent under my wheels Un continente sotto i pedali

Tibet (China), Ü-Tsang, one of the three Tibetan regions

Tibet (China), road to Shigatze

Nepal, Kathmandu, Kirtipur Municipality, Rarahil Memorial School

Rarahil School La Scuola Rarahil

Nepal, Kathmandu, Kirtipur Municipality, Rarahil Memorial School

Nepal, next to Kathmandu

Nepal, from Kjirong to Kathmandu

Nepal, Kathmandu, Kirtipur Municipality, Rarahil Memorial School

Tibet/Nepal, road to Kyirong, close to the border between Tibet and Nepal

Endure, endure, endure Resistere, resistere, resistere

Nepal, road to Bidur and Kathmandu

Mongolia, Tsagaan Nuur Lake

Mongolia, dirt roads Bogd Khan Uul Biosphere Reserve

Tibet (China), after Lhasa, road to Tingri

“ e wonder of the world, its beauty and power, the shapes of things, their colours, light and shade.

ese I have seen. Look at them too, as long as you live”.

Benji Davies, “ e Storm Whale”

“La meraviglia del mondo, la bellezza e la potenza, la forma delle cose, i loro colori, luci e ombre.

Questo ho visto. Guarda anche tu, nché dura la vita”.

Benji Davies, “La balena nella tempesta”

Dedica Dedication

anks to / Grazie a China, Inner Mongolia Province, road to Yellow River

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