The way points of this bicycle route:
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 .
Yunnan Province.
On Mekong
On Mekong
23N 100E
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.
He didnt branch off to Lijiang, home of the Naxi people of Yunnan. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijiang_City
Bridge across the Yangtze. Good restaurant on western side with views of the river valley. (Own experience)
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.
Tarted up and renamed as as Shangrila for the tourists. You can fly in.
Rejoins Yangtze Valley.
On Yangtze. Near Benzilan. Sichuan Province. See Waka school site for pictures of area at http://tinyurl.com/3yt8wh
Prominent bend in Yangtse. See pic at www.panoramio.com/photo/799910
see www.maps-of-china.net/province/sichuanm.htm
Meets Yangtze again. G318 highway to Tibet crosses river near here. www.panoramio.com/photo/7905854www.panoramio.com/photo/7905854
30.0000N, 99.1000E
On a tributary near a bend in Yangtze
Yangtze. Road probably follows Yangtze to NE then NW.
Bridge over Jinsha Jiang on G317 goes to Tibet. Road branches off up a ridge
Mountain pass
Approximate
Crosses out of Sichuan province.
On G214, highway to Tibet.
On upper Yangtze River. See pictures at www.panoramio.com/photo/1064863
pics at www.panoramio.com/photo/4730731
Upper Yangtse River (Tongdian He)
or Qumalai. End of day 232.
Bridge here
Location is only approximate. End of day 233.
Probably near hear on the Qu Ma He River. End of day 234
He camped along here, half way to Budongquan.
River crossing- braided rivers were shallow. Much mud and sand and gravel and a very hard day he said.
On highway to Tibet. Next day was through the Kunlun Mountains.
A steady 20 km climb from Budongquan on the Tibetan Highway, then downhil to Nachitai. 4767 m.
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).
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Laos to Western China. Edward Genocchio's route as described on www.2wheels.org.uk
Tagged with: Steep, Difficult, Rough, Rural, Scenic, Touring
