wuhan - Hunan - Guizhou - Yunnan - Sichuan - Chongqing
A couple of summers back, myself, Neil (Brit) and two mates, James and Dan ( Brit and US) took off on a 20+ day adventure around SW China. It was a superb trip, from the Yangtze plain to the Himalayas. From 40 plus heat to cold weather and torrential rain and landslides. The road conditions were varied too: from brand new, sublime elevated highways to dirt tracks to the most smashed up concrete roads (easily the worst), they were all there for mile after mile.
The bikes were 2 Zhonshen Sierras and 1 Zhongshen 125 ( i think). The sierras went well enough, though they did have problems at altitude and my friends had a serious electrical fault in Chongqing. The older bike was under-powered, but made it round in the end.
As usual with my posts there isnt much detail, but i hope you enjoy the pics. Thanks to Dan and James for some of their pics.
I'll post them province by province..
Hubei (a few of these pics include a warm up weekend we did before setting off on the trip. I include them here as i think they show Hubei in a nice light).
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These first few pics are in the Chi Bi area
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Beer :)
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It gets got in Hubei
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Heading for Hunan - Jing Zhou
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First bit of trouble, but sorted out quick enough
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Crossing the Yangtze - we were to do this many times
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Could have happened to anyone!!
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Hang on.. double L?
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Yunnan and Sichuan to follow... i gotta go to bed
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I was the guy on the under-powered bike (Zhongshen 125). These pics are bringing back memories.... Southwest China by motorcycle is awesome....
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Beautiful pictures. I have got to get there. I've already been most of those places by car.
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Good shit Neil! I had no idea guizhou was that nice, for some reason i never paid attention to that province. Thanks for making my 'china to do list' even longer!
What kind of breakdown causes the tank to disappear into thin air?
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Amazing stuff! Brilliant photos!