This is a cue sheet for the 2Wheels china Bicycle Map. You can print it out for later use.
| Cumulative | Distance | Where | Notes | Direction | Elevation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0km | 0km | China | Starts at Lao/China border. Route follows part of Edward Genocchio's epic return ride to Europe through China, Vietnam and Laos from Shanghai. See www.2wheels.org.uk . | NE | 41° | 894m |
| 49.2km | 49.2km | Mengla | NW | 295° | 688m | |
| 120.79km | 71.59km | Menglun | Yunnan Province. | W | 257° | 550m |
| 149.47km | 28.67km | Menghan | On Mekong | NW | 314° | 543m |
| 171.98km | 22.51km | Jinghong | On Mekong | W | 264° | 530m |
| 208.92km | 36.94km | Menghai | WNW | 292° | 1189m | |
| 275.94km | 67.02km | Hui Min | NW | 300° | 1300m | |
| 306.54km | 30.59km | Lancang | NNW | 359° | 966m | |
| 322.85km | 16.31km | Zhu Tang | NNE | 9° | 1363m | |
| 357.98km | 35.13km | Shang Yun | 23N 100E | NE | 31° | 1205m |
| 443.54km | 85.56km | Mengku | NE | 30° | 1097m | |
| 498.32km | 54.78km | Lincang | NNW | 358° | 1777m | |
| 553.63km | 55.31km | Ma Wen | ENE | 66° | 1581m | |
| 631.07km | 77.44km | Man Wan | NE | 24° | 1178m | |
| 666.07km | 35km | Nan Jian | NNW | 317° | 1382m | |
| 696.94km | 30.87km | Weishan | NNW | 349° | 1732m | |
| 737.32km | 40.37km | Xiaguan | On Lake Erhai (Erhai Hu). Xiaguan is the new hi tech city at southern end. Dali Old Town is about 30 km north along the lake. Bit of a tourist trap. Has some old buildings and made over pagodas. | NNW | 333° | 1980m |
| 755.74km | 18.42km | Dali Old Town | NNW | 343° | 1971m | |
| 837.38km | 81.64km | Dianman | He didnt branch off to Lijiang, home of the Naxi people of Yunnan. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijiang_City | NNE | 15° | 2219m |
| 900.4km | 63.02km | Bridge across the Yangtze. Good restaurant on western side with views of the river valley. (Own experience) | NNW | 358° | 1809m | |
| 918.39km | 17.99km | Qiaotou | On Yangtze River. Tiger Leaping Gorge is a cliffhugging drive away to the northeast. Road to Zhongdian heads northwest up tributary river. Jade Dragon Mountain is to the east - best viwed from Lijiang. | NNW | 333° | 1809m |
| 996.44km | 78.05km | Zhongdian | Tarted up and renamed as as Shangrila for the tourists. You can fly in. | NNW | 326° | 3282m |
| 1043.28km | 46.83km | Rejoins Yangtze Valley. | NNW | 315° | 2292m | |
| 1060.71km | 17.43km | Waka | On Yangtze. Near Benzilan. Sichuan Province. See Waka school site for pictures of area at http://tinyurl.com/3yt8wh | NW | 305° | 2020m |
| 1063.08km | 2.37km | Prominent bend in Yangtse. See pic at www.panoramio.com/photo/799910 | NNE | 6° | 0m | |
| 1122.51km | 59.44km | Derong | NNE | 10° | 2525m | |
| 1232.33km | 109.82km | Zhong Zha | see www.maps-of-china.net/province/sichuanm.htm | WNW | 281° | 3570m |
| 1274.57km | 42.24km | Zhu Ba Long | Meets Yangtze again. G318 highway to Tibet crosses river near here. www.panoramio.com/photo/7905854www.panoramio.com/photo/7905854 | NNE | 19° | 2508m |
| 1302.46km | 27.89km | Batang | 30.0000N, 99.1000E | NNE | 22° | 2562m |
| 1448.42km | 145.96km | Baiyu | On a tributary near a bend in Yangtze | NNW | 316° | 3003m |
| 1454.57km | 6.15km | Yangtze. Road probably follows Yangtze to NE then NW. | NE | 37° | 2945m | |
| 1506.48km | 51.91km | Gamtog | Bridge over Jinsha Jiang on G317 goes to Tibet. Road branches off up a ridge | NNW | 338° | 3029m |
| 1522.31km | 15.84km | Dege on G317 | NNE | 8° | 3162m | |
| 1537.66km | 15.35km | Yulong | NE | 41° | 3411m | |
| 1552.72km | 15.06km | Mountain pass | ESE | 98° | 3612m | |
| 1600.62km | 47.9km | Manigango | NNW | 315° | 4196m | |
| 1648.56km | 47.94km | San Sa He | NNW | 318° | 3837m | |
| 1701.65km | 53.09km | Zhong Qu | Approximate | NNW | 349° | 4370m |
| 1791.7km | 90.05km | Shiqu | Crosses out of Sichuan province. | W | 269° | 4183m |
| 1872.83km | 81.13km | Xiwu | On G214, highway to Tibet. | SW | 210° | 3850m |
| 1914.02km | 41.19km | Yushu | On upper Yangtze River. See pictures at www.panoramio.com/photo/1064863 | NW | 297° | 3694m |
| 1942.04km | 28.02km | Qumalai Pass | pics at www.panoramio.com/photo/4730731 | NW | 296° | 4246m |
| 2082.15km | 140.11km | Zhidoi | NE | 41° | 4197m | |
| 2112.58km | 30.44km | Upper Yangtse River (Tongdian He) | NNW | 347° | 4060m | |
| 2123.44km | 10.86km | Qumarleb | or Qumalai. End of day 232. | NNW | 357° | 4197m |
| 2139.37km | 15.93km | Bridge here | NW | 313° | 4284m | |
| 2192.07km | 52.7km | Yege Xiang | Location is only approximate. End of day 233. | NW | 309° | 4254m |
| 2238.64km | 46.57km | Qumahe | Probably near hear on the Qu Ma He River. End of day 234 | NNW | 351° | 4283m |
| 2283.73km | 45.09km | He camped along here, half way to Budongquan. | WNW | 291° | 4331m | |
| 2344.06km | 60.33km | River crossing- braided rivers were shallow. Much mud and sand and gravel and a very hard day he said. | NNW | 356° | 4420m | |
| 2378.73km | 34.68km | Budongquan | On highway to Tibet. Next day was through the Kunlun Mountains. | NE | 37° | 4620m |
| 2403.25km | 24.52km | Kunlun Pass | A steady 20 km climb from Budongquan on the Tibetan Highway, then downhil to Nachitai. 4767 m. | E | 69° | 4684m |
| 2474.33km | 71.08km | Nachitai | NNE | 5° | 3367m | |
| 2523.53km | 49.2km | Golmud | After Golmud, in Qinghai province, Edward Genocchio continued on through NW China, central Asia and eastern Europe to his home. I have also plotted his route from Dunhuang to Urumqi on Bikely at(../maps/bike-path/81797). | NNE | 5° | 2854m |