Hello from London soon to be Guangzhou / Yunnan trip ahead!

Hello to everyone, and can I say what a great community you have here...

Starting September I will be studying in Guangzhou, but before that I'm planning a smallish tour in the west (in and around Yunnan appeals most!) probably starting in July. Hopefully I will be able to validate my study visa when I arrive in July, allowing me temporary residence in Guangzhou.

I have a couple of questions/concerns that I couldn't find answers to in other posts, so any info would be really appreciated!

-has anybody had experience with buying/registering a bike and getting a Chinese licence in GZ despite the ban? (I'm familiar with the process from other posts - translation, test etc. just read contradictory reports about GZ)

-any reports on budget hotel options in Yunnan (ie in anybody's experience what sort of cost for a roadside hotel)

-any must-rides in the SW!?


This will be my third adventure (Vietnam & India in previous years-- great start) and I can't wait to get on the road again! If anybody's interested, check out my blog from Northern India on an Enfield at http://chakdefatte.tumblr.com

Cheers --Lawrence

Hi Lawrence

Welcome can't help with your question/registering about getting a Chinese Licence in GZ but with hotel check out here

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g...Vacations.html

maybe some help here all that i can say with most of the cheap hotel we not take you in as you have a foreign passport ??? but that we come down to how bad they need your money so good luck but remenber driving in china is not like any other place in the world so take time to get used to the strange driving habit lol