Today’s ride on Komoot It was cold this morning and it had rained last night, so conditions didn’t conspire to get me up and going first thing. I never need an excuse to lie in. Oats, fruit and Nescafe was on my menu this morning. Muesli is too hard to find here and I expect …
Ancient town to cliff temples – Shaxi to Jiuhe County Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot It was such a nice hotel, I didn’t want to leave. Everything here was convenient – food, coffee, supermarket. Plus, I only had 50kms to ride but it did involve a dirty big hill. It was a cool morning and as I ate my breakfast, I could see locals in thick …
City, villages, funerals, hills and another ancient village – Eryuan to Shaxi Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot The hotel where I’ve been for two nights is lovely and so are the family running it. That’s a continuing theme here in Yunnan. It’s such a nice setting. They all greeted me in the morning, then the cat started playing with the straps on my bike, then the little kid …
Today’s ride on Komoot Breakfast was included this morning and I got some rice porridge and noodle soup. It was perfect stodge for a day’s riding. I’m still not feeling well at all, but the lure of a few days off in Kunming motivated me to keep going. I didn’t realise that I was still …
Saturday crowds by the lake – Chengjiang to Kunming Read More »
Today’s ride on Komoot I took a rest day in Tonghai and did precisely nothing. I needed to. I definitely had a headcold and fever and didn’t want to make it worse. The other factor was that Miles would be in Kunming when I arrived but would be leaving the next morning. (For those of …
Today’s ride on Komoot I think I have got a chill with the rain, storms and cold weather over the past few days, so after a restless sleep and feeling about 85%, I left town and headed north towards Quliang. Quliang has some hot water springs about 4kms south of the town Miles stayed at …
Today’s ride on Komoot This was to be a very big ride according to Komoot. It turned out not as bad as expected but still a very big day. In the end, the ride was 78km with 1860 vertical. Not that stats matter, but the first 45kms were one big climb, and that’s definitely harder …
The guy at reception organized a local bus for me and after much talking, I finally got into the little van and we all took off up the mountain. The other occupants were getting exasperated with the driver as she and the hotel guy discussed what to do with me. So, when I got in, …
Today’s ride on Komoot I thought today would be similar to yesterday, just pleasingly shorter, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. I left the hotel having gorged on muesli and bananas. I also had what I thought was milk. When you buy a white liquid in a bottle labeled first milk, you expect milk. …
Today’s ride on Komoot I was excited to to see China outside of the main cities and was a pleasant enough ride. It was 94kms but for the first 50kms, Vietnam was just over the other side of the river. There were many restricted areas along this border as you’d expect and not too many …
