Oh man... been in those shoes before!!! If you're in Chengdu, you may want to hook up with LH1953 to and share some of the woes. you're both in pretty much the same stage right now only you have more pressure to get the bike and go.

Whatever you do, don't start your trip in a hurry... easy to make some costly and greatly inconvenient mistakes that way.

Anyway, keep us posted on how everything is going and wish for the best!


CC