Hi Euphonius,

Your PM level is full, guess yoou made it into Sichuan already

I made that round recently, the road from ZhongDian to Litang is great. Be aware after ShangriLa Gorge towards XiangCheng it can get a bit rough. We had several landslides there with road blockage. For me on the bike it was okay, my friends in the cars had a hard time.

From Litang to Garze (KangDing) the first part is really bad road with lots of traffic - after XinDuQiao it is an excellent road towards KangDing.

As I made an circle, so didnt continoue to Chengdu but torned south towards MoXi Glacier Park. There are two roads to there, I recommend the western, smaller road, no traffic and stunning landscape. If you want to visit the glacier, be at the gate before Lunchtime, they dont sell tickets in the afternoon.

We continoued to ShiMian - that was the hardest part, fun on my small bike, hard for my friend in his FuKang. Next day to XiChang with lots of traffic, but lots of expressway nearly finished, so can take it with the bike.

Enjoy!