wuhan - Hunan - Guizhou - Yunnan - Sichuan - Chongqing

**MGAlbion** · 09-29-2011, 02:54 PM

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).

These first few pics are in the Chi Bi area

Beer :)

It gets got in Hubei

Heading for Hunan - Jing Zhou

First bit of trouble, but sorted out quick enough

Crossing the Yangtze - we were to do this many times

Could have happened to anyone!!

Hang on.. double L?

**MGAlbion** · 09-29-2011, 03:27 PM

Hunan

ZhangjiaJie Area

Hunan style!

Dan looking happy

James the Stig

Feng Huang

Bikes in hotel.

Feng Huang scene

**MGAlbion** · 09-29-2011, 03:50 PM

Guizhou

Beautiful South China Karst landscape

Bikes in hotel - again

'locksmith' - my lock wouldnt open!

Out of Guizhou we met a local bike group and rode with for the day

Swap you!

A bad sign

Getting some attention

Shelter from the previous night

This and the next few pics was a wonderful road. Brand new, elevated highway through the mountains. It came after miles and miles of broken road - heaven!