Claudio and I explored the secret entrance to the expressway the evening before, so we went straight onto the expressway.
Our photographers felt not so comfortable with it and we also didn't stop, therefore only a few pics from this section.
We also knew that there is a big tollgate which we had to circumvent.
After a good while on the expressway we left at a gas station, passed the tollgate on the country road before we re entered at the next gas station.
Before we came close to Kunming, we used another service station to leave the expressway for good.
We came out in a village and had lunch there, before we took on the last 80 kms to the BMW dealer.


Lunch place

We arrived at the dealer in the early afternoon, cleaned the bikes and put them back in their boxes. Herbert's bike was already packed.


Tired pilot Andy


Happy pilot Claudio


Wife and me left Kunming to Beijing the next day, while Claudio and Echo spent another day with her relatives.

All six of us met in one of Claudio's restaurants a few days later for some nice Italian food and drinks . Herbert was recovering well and we planned to go out once again some weeks later.


So this was Yunnan 2005, and I planned ever since to go there again, but it didn't work out so far.

Cheers

Andy