20 days Yunnan - Kunming -> Shangri-La -> Yuanyuang -> Kunming

[JayDee]

The bike is back from Qili, serviced and fixed. Rides great and looks good again.

[Cromson]

Great report and beautiful pictures! I drove some parts of your tour with car in September this year and i must admit, a lot of underskilled drivers with big cars on the road. They all should drive the QQ (poor chinese answer to the SMART) and train the "look-in-the-mirror and look around you"-trick. Advanced training for them would be thinking... ;)

Glad your bike is fine and you and gf had no injuries. Keep rolling safe!

[ahernandez74]

Great trip report and posts. Amazing.... I'm sure the folks at ADV rider would enjoy this as well...

[Jonsims]

Man.. I was thinking of doing something like this next year. What I've read has really put me off.. I do a lot of rides and you know.. I get some fantastic places and people off the beaten path. I simply totally fucking object to the ridiculous prices they charge to see a rebuilt piece of garbage and can't stand the crowds.. So.. Stuff it.. I'm going to head way down south to the places less travelled. Kudos to you though mate for having put yourself through that..

[whitworthsocket]

Thanks for sharing the great Ride report.
It inspires me to get organised to do the same next year.

[felix]

Hi JayDee, thanks for the useful info on that Shibaoshan temple near Shaxi. I went to check it out two days ago and it didn't disappoint. Loads of monkeys too, which is always a good thing.

[mdouglas71]

Wow! That temple looks beautiful... Damn. Sitting here dreaming of the day I can finally make a trip like this... Inspiration for me for sure

[JayDee]

Hi JayDee, thanks for the useful info on that Shibaoshan temple near Shaxi. I went to check it out two days ago and it didn't disappoint. Loads of monkeys too, which is always a good thing.

Nice pic! Slightly better than mine ;-)

[SabineHartmann]

last year October I wrote here: my dream, this is on my list after the surgery went well.

yes, I am back on the road and designing our OHR 2014. Kunming - ShangriLa - Kunming. 1700 km, 6 riding days. I am looking forward to visit Weixi on the old Horse-Tea-Road. hidden places are the most desirable ones.

[bikerdoc]

Keep in mind end of the year a ride is being planned from PRC-Laos-Thailand and return... you might be interested?