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08-01-2014, 05:07 PM
Thread: The Long Goodbye: From Kunming to Urumqi
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Day 13: Xining to Delingha
The next day started much like the previous one had ended, in traffic:
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08-01-2014, 04:47 PM
Thread: The Long Goodbye: From Kunming to Urumqi
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Day 12: Xiahe to Xining
The next morning I woke up happy to see that the rain had passed. I packed up the bike and set course for Xining. On the way, I would be leaving Tibetan areas behind and... -
08-01-2014, 04:11 PM
Thread: The Long Goodbye: From Kunming to Urumqi
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Day 11: Rest Day in Xiahe
Having finished the plateau portion of the trip, I needed to plan a route to Xinjiang and decided to take the day off in Xiahe. It was nice to sleep in a bit and then... -
07-29-2014, 08:22 PM
Thread: Shanghai to Tibet.....and back again?
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Hey Mark -
Sounds like a great trip! It looks like most of your questions have been answered - but to hit a couple of the others:
If you do a quick search on "Tibet" in the forums you'll find... -
07-16-2014, 08:56 AM
Thread: The Long Goodbye: From Kunming to Urumqi
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Day 10: Maerkang to Xiahe
The next morning as I was packing the bike I had a “pay it forward” moment when these two guys asked if they could borrow my pump to inflate a flat tire:
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07-16-2014, 08:24 AM
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Day 9: Luhuo to Maerkang
I woke up to rain again the next morning:
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07-16-2014, 07:52 AM
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Day 8: Kangding to Luhuo
I woke up to blue skies the next morning and set course of Luhuo. I would take the G318 west and then cut north on the S215 past Tagong and the S303 past Daofu. Riding... -
07-13-2014, 09:10 AM
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Day 7: Rest and Route Planning in Kangding
I really enjoyed Kangding. It’s surrounded by mountains and a river runs right through the middle of town:
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07-13-2014, 09:04 AM
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Day 6: Xichang to Kangding
The next morning the weather had cleared and I set course for Kangding. Before long I was back on a mountain, and stopped for a peach:
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07-13-2014, 08:00 AM
Thread: The Long Goodbye: From Kunming to Urumqi
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Day 6: Luguhu to Xichang
I woke up to another drizzly day, packed the bike, and stopped by the stupa on the way out:
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07-13-2014, 07:37 AM
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Day 5: Rest in Luguhu
The next morning, I wandered around looking for breakfast and found a place that had a little steamer out front full of breakfast items. I opted for hardboiled eggs and... -
07-13-2014, 07:32 AM
Thread: The Long Goodbye: From Kunming to Urumqi
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ChinaV - "bad roads and good people" - that about sums it up! It's what I love about China too. One minute I'm shaking my fist at a truck who just blasted me with his horn and the next minute I'm...
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07-07-2014, 01:04 PM
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Day 4: ??? to Luguhu
It didn’t. It rained all night long and waking up in the morning, it was still sprinkling:
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07-07-2014, 12:03 PM
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Day 3: Shaxi to ???
The next morning I set course for Luguhu. The road out of Shaxi is beautiful, winding through the mountains and over villages:
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07-07-2014, 10:11 AM
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[I made it into Xiahe today and have been wrestling with flickr again - after accessing it in Yunnan, I haven't been able to reach it again - apparently it's blocked, so I'm switching over to...
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06-30-2014, 12:18 PM
Thread: The Long Goodbye: From Kunming to Urumqi
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Will do! I spent a good chunk of the afternoon wrestling with flickr and imgur trying to get everything to play nice together. I resized the images in the first post and switched to the "Medium...
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06-30-2014, 10:26 AM
Thread: The Long Goodbye: From Kunming to Urumqi
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Made it into Luguhu yesterday and have spent the day resting and licking my wounds -
Laojiahuo - The GW250 is great. I meant to update your GW250 post - "Is the GW250 the YBR killer?" If my... -
06-30-2014, 10:10 AM
Thread: The Long Goodbye: From Kunming to Urumqi
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Day 1: Kunming to Dali
In general, given how much work it takes to hit the road on the first day of a trip – my philosophy for the first day is: “It doesn’t matter how far you ride, it’s a success... -
06-30-2014, 08:29 AM
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Day 0
Shorter on time than I was initially planning, I decided to ship the bike down to Kunming and start the trip from there. The shippers picked up the bike on Wednesday and I flew down a few... -
06-23-2014, 01:47 AM
Thread: Useful Weather Sites
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Useful Weather Sites
Pretty much all the weather sites I've found in China use an icon-based approach to reporting the weather - as in, on Tuesday it's going to be a little cloud with two rain drops and on Wednesday it's...
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06-22-2014, 08:25 AM
Thread: The Long Goodbye: From Kunming to Urumqi
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The Long Goodbye: From Kunming to Urumqi
After almost five years in China, I’m preparing to move back to the U.S. But before heading back, I’ve got a month to spend saying goodbyes, and what better way to say goodbye than on the back of a...
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04-30-2014, 07:04 AM
Thread: Tibet Ride
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I recently looked into planning a trip for this summer - and basically, it's doable but really expensive. Not only do you need the proper permits, but you need to hire a guide who will escort you in...
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04-19-2014, 04:01 AM
Thread: Good dealers in Beijing?
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I stopped by this shop last week and was impressed - it doesn't look like much from the outside, but it's a nice, decent size shop. The manager I spoke to was really straightforward on prices,...
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04-07-2014, 11:45 AM
Thread: Just bought new bike in Beijing!
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Thanks for writing this up! It solves a mystery I've been puzzling over for about a week. I found it on Taobao listed as a 200cc QM125-3X(II). But the description simulataneously lists it as a...
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03-18-2014, 01:41 AM
Thread: Want to Join a Ride Through Tibet July 2014?
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Want to Join a Ride Through Tibet July 2014?
Hi everyone -
I'm starting to think a bit about organizing a ride through Tibet this coming July and have been working with Tibet Travel on some of the logistics and costs. I'm still in the early...
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