Today Weather : 21 - 30C Sunny Blue Sky
Time On Bike : 5 hr 37 min
Ave Speed : 15.4 kmh Max : 52.5 kmh
Ave Climb : 2% Max : 9%
Trip Altitude : 716 m Max : 1954 m
Today Spend : 49.5 rmb Total : 809.5 rmb
Very bumpy ride today on this rather deserted G320 road. Most of the traffics are now using the Expressway running along side to it. The drivers are more than willing to pay the toll fee than using this neglected old road, not only the expressway is smoother but also faster, I too would prefer if only bicycles are allowed. Tough no doubt on G320,but the plus side is riding on a very quiet environment,taking your own sweet time,stop whenever you want and clicking your camera on the beautiful scenery.Occasionally passing thru' small villages, had chat with the villagers, riding on expressway you tend to lose out all these "fun". My art of bike touring is not how fast or how many km you achieved to reach your destination, but the pleasure of the "things" that you see,you meet,you understand from point A to point B, simple, no pressure! No big climbs for today's ride but had the scary experience of riding the dark tunnels, luckily the longest one is only 150m with no lighting. When I came into the 1st tunnel, I didn't expect to be so dark, I had to make a U-turn 20m back to the entrance to mount my front torch and rear flashing red light, I feel more safe to push my bike thru' as the tunnel is very narrow and hardly enough shoulder space to ride even with my not so bright light "on" .Chu Xiong is a big city . No intention to ride into it at a late hour of 6 pm. So i stop at a roadside guesthouse for another cheap 10 yuan room that comes with a tv. I love to watch the many interesting channels of Chinese tv, lots of information on world news, keeps me updated while I am cycling months away from home.
4 comments:
Meng, Are u sure the 10 Yuan room is clean? Hope u wouldn't get some unknown disease from that kind of place.
Camping maybe safer if not much trouble.
How is the weather there?
Did you encounter StartBuck's coffee plantation yet?
Did you see any Tianqi(田七）field yet?
Yunnan is a wonderful place for many exotic plants, check it out.
Meng, Are u sure the 10 Yuan room is clean? Hope u wouldn't get some unknown disease from that kind of place.
Camping maybe safer if not much trouble.
How is the weather there?
Did you encounter StarBuck's coffee plantation yet?
Did you see any Tianqi(田七）field yet?
Yunnan is a wonderful place for many exotic plants, check it out
The room is clean and safe. If not I still can lay my sleeping matt and sleeping bag for added protection. With plenty of cheap guesthouses,there is no necessary to camp. Weather is good,in fact such info can be found on my daily journal.Sorry i did not see any starbuck coffee plantation or Tianqi ( how it look like?)
About Starbucks in Yunnan, China.
Too bad, you are not going to Pu'er (普洱）area. It is at the south of Yunan Province.
You know the "Pu-lei" tea served in most restaurants in Malaysia , HK is supposed comes from there.
They said the tea trees are as high as 10-20 feet. Old ladies have to climb up the trees to pick them - one of the 8 strange things in Yunnan.
Following are links to the Starbucks in Yunnan story.
http://news.starbucks.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=464
http://taobaofieldguide.com/cool-stuff-to-buy-on-taobao/coffee-from-yunnan
Tianqi (田七). You know 云南白药，is made of Tianqi.
The Tianqi powder is supposed good for many things, especially you have a cut, insect bites...
In China northeast, there is ginseng and in south China, it is Tianqi.
Actually they look a like. I believe Tianqi is smaller.
I have not seen a live one yet. It looks like the ginseng (花旗参）here.
Check the picture in Google image, better use Chinese 田七 to search.
The best location of this plant is at Wenshan ( 文山) area, southeast of Yunnan, about 100 miles due northnortheast from Hekou you have past.
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