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Forums > Travel Yunnan > From Lincang to Jinping by bus

I also cycled from Jinping to Lancang a few months ago. I took some of the roads Ludwig's talking about, and some that are even more off the beaten path and closer to the Vietnamese border. You can read about it here:

www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/11832

As for the buses, Ludwig's suggestion of Simao-Jiangcheng-Lüchun-Jinping is definitely a great route, but it might be a little too much for your time schedule. Each of those segments takes almost all day on the bus. Another option would be Simao to Mojiang, and then Mojiang to Lüchun on the new road.

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Forums > Travel Yunnan > Cycling Nujiang river... still doable?

Dams have not started yet. They still have to do the Environmental Impact Reports. WIll probably be many years down the road before the old road is flooded. They've got to build the new road first and they haven't even begun doing that yet except for in Liuku.

Direct bus to Liuku is just 1.5 hours longer than the bus to Baoshan ever since they finished the new road. You might as well take that and skip Baoshan since Baoshan isn't really on the way. That is, unless you plan to ride the lower Nujiang as well, in which case you should go to Baoshan, then from Pupiao take the new road to Saige (100 km south of Liuku) and start riding from there. It's a new a road and the land is hot and tropical, full of coffee and mango trees. You'll also get to see the 250 year old Shuanghong Bridge.

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Pu'er spans 45,385 square kilometers.
Where exactly in Pu'er is this elephant feeding ground to be located?
Let's have some geographic specificity! At least, a county name would be nice!

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The (almost fully) paved road we took to Dulongjiang (finished except for the tunnel at the top which won't be finished until 2014) cut the time needed in half, from 8 hours to 4. But the old, dirt road itself wasn't even that old. It was only built in 1999. Before that, the only way in and out of Dulongjiang was a by trail. The 1.5-meter wide trail used by caravans was itself only finished by PRC engineers in 1964. In 2000, CCTV made a three-part documentary, 《最后的马帮》("The Last Horse Caravan") about the muleteers who made the trek between Gongshan and Dulongjiang just before the road made them obsolete. You can view this beautiful and fascinating documentary free on cntv here: tv.cntv.cn/video/C39847/c2c79bc6e9a14e559a883d9b26f6f390

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Can we get any more specifics? Xishuangbanna and Lincang are huge prefectures which multiple border crossings each. Exactly where were these drugs apprehended? Any info on the alleged source of these drugs? Are they coming from the Wa State? I was under the impression that Myanmar's role in global heroin/opium producing had dropped to nearly zero ever since the US military paved the way for the boom in Afghan heroin. Does this signal a reversal of that trend?

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Ironic. We spent our golden week hiking through mountains on the very same Dali-to-Lijiang corridor that was so crowded, and saw but one soul for three days!

I've often thought they should stagger the vacations. I've mentioned it to Chinese friends, and they always reply 'oh that would never happen'. I'm glad to see that it might actually happen. It's needed.

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This is a really nice new restaurant in Dali. High quality vegetarian and vegan food, varied menu, daily specials. They make their own kombucha, too. The environment is very chill...multiple layers, floor seating, an outdoor courtyard and terrace balcony overlooking the the roofs of the neighbors in old Dali

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Serendipity is an honest-to-gosh American style diner, a concept I don't think I've ever really seen before in China.

They do salads, burgers, and pasta dishes, but the true stars of the menu are the breakfasts, which are served all day.

No measly hostel breakfast sets, these ones come with heaping servings of bacon and eggs and bottomless coffee.

No table seating. Everyone sits around the counter, where you can see what's going on in the kitchen and chat with the friendly staff.

The fresh donuts are the best I've had in China

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The 68 kuai Saturday night all-you-can-eat buffet is a terrific deal.

Steak, pork loin, chicken schnitzel, pizza, two kinds of salad, creme de caramel, cheesecake, and lots of other stuff.

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Recently experienced both very early morning departure and very late night arrival at Changshui. Was worried about making the connection to and from the airport, but both turned out well.

First, the departure. It was 7:30 am. I arranged a taxi to pick me up at 5:00. That he did. Cost: 100 yuan.

The departure was scheduled for 12:30 am, was delayed, and didn't get in until 2:30 am. I was sure I'd have to find a black cab, and wasn't even sure if I would find that. Instead, I was delighted to discover that the Airport Express Bus was still running! For 25 yuan it took me to the train station, where I then caught a cab for the short ride the rest of the way home. I was very impressed by this late night bus. I'd thought the buses only ran till around 11 pm-midnight. I don't know if this is a regular occurrence or not. Maybe, knowing my flight was delayed and there would be hundreds of passengers looking for a ride home, the airport dispatched an extra bus. If so, kudos to whoever was responsible!