Thread: Riding into tibet
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- Ningbo Zhejiang
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12-08-2008, 07:55 AMThanks Andi, have contacted these guys already, let's see whats up than...
Carl, no worries, pictures will be online after the trip
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- Dec 2008
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12-08-2008, 08:45 AM@laoha
planning to go there with a goup of bikers in may/june 2009, we'll send our bikes from ningbo to kunming by truck and than go to lhasa.
we're driving harley davidson's, dragstars and probably some regal raptors...
would be interesting to know where can get a special permission in case one need that.
Do you know how far north you can go following the NuJiang river? Does the road actually take you into Tibet? I want to plan a trip there this year, but it's hard to find any reliable info on how far north the road goes.
Here is a map of the confluence
I am itching to go riding. Anyone live near kunming have a bike to loan?
cheers,
Adam
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12-08-2008, 12:38 PM
Adam,
Amazing trip , truly mind blowing!
Andy,
Thanks for the link to Yunnanexplorer , I stumbled on the map there before, but couldn't quite figure out if some of those roads were actually possible on a motorcycle.
One good read I found about the route is at crazyguyonabike, Bill Weir went through on a bicycle in April of 2008 and indicates in his story that the road definately goes into Tibet, but was closed to foreigners at the time. There is also a road that goes over Gaoligang Shan to Pianma Passa, a trading post with Myanmar. Bill also stated there is a checkpoint in Nidadang Village, 12.5km from Bingzhongluo. Unless your Chinese or have an official guide, it's probably the end of the line.
Don't know why, but for some reason that road keeps calling me.
Cheers!
ChinaV
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#14 Nujiang12-08-2008, 02:04 PM
The only way to find it out ...
This is an amazing report with some excellent pictures. If one would be already in Tibet, going downstream might be easier to sneak through the posts.
We went from Liukou to Pianma at the Myanmar border. It is about 100km mostly on cobblestone and the road climbs from the Nujiang valley (800m asl) up to 3200 and down again to Pianma. Fantastic ride.
Yesss
Andy
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12-08-2008, 02:48 PM
Andy,
You happen to have any photos of that ride?
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