All the journeys were ‘one through journeys’ without any actual breakups other then for eating or fixing of the broken down bus (on the first brake down of the bus from Lhasa to Ali we were forced to wait for about 10 hours till the flat tier was fixed). However, by some of the rids – especially the once in Africa – the bus stopped during the night for some hours on the side of the road and you were able to get some sleep in your seat without all the shaking and bumping.