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I think many who currently hold a job has slept through uni, including me. I don't feel that makes me worse at my job.

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Forums > Travel Yunnan > cycling yunnan in a week

There will be plenty of great food on the route. Mind that the Shangrila-Baishuitai stretch did not have anything last time I rode it. Best thing was a bucket of instant noodles at 九龍, but, you can buy some drinks here and there. Best to just bring a bladder of water and a bunch of snacks, such as Dali bars.

Did you know they have a higher calorie content than most energy bars? Perfect for long-distance cycling.

For the rest, you can eat nearly everywhere in Yunnan. Just walk into whatever looks like a restaurant and march into the kitchen and point - even if you speak Chinese, it's the best way to a hearty meal. I've rarely been disappointed, whatever the food criticasters may tell you.

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Forums > Travel Yunnan > cycling yunnan in a week

If you want anything done on this forum, tell Peter99 to shut the fuck up first.

BootsyGarlic, now that we've taken care of that, Shangri-La to Kunming could be very beautiful. My suggestion if you don't have a tent is:

Day 1: Shangri-la to baishuitai on the East Ring Road. 130 km and fucking heavy, probably acclimatise to 3200m of altitude before you start doing this. Super worth it though, and no traffic.
Day 2: rest in Baishuitai and look at the fancy pools in the morning and the evening.
Day 3: cycle to Haba or directly to the Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Day 4-5: take a mianbaoche to the other end of the gorge and fucking walk the gorge
Day 6: get a Ride to Lijiang.
Day 7: Ride to Jiantan
Day 8: Ride to Shaxi.
Day 9: Ride to Yangbi and Dali.
Day 10: get a bus to Kunming.

Reason is that unless you have ample time, it really is a waste of time to ride Dali-Kunming. Landscape on the shortest stretch which will still take you 4 days is fairly monotonous and traffic quite dense.

Read up on my blogs:

Saigon to Shangri-La: www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=tS&doc_id=8542&v=VG

and

Acrophobia: www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=tS&doc_id=14040&v=4H

and (maybe):

www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=tS&doc_id=15123&v=74

Don't follow me blindly though, a good adventure you make yourself!

Good luck and don't hesitate to contact me about more info.

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Thanks for the info, I'll definitely go and pay it a visit. However with this kind of articles I've come to expect information such as opening hours. Here they are now:

Tuesday to Sunday from 9 to 17h, but they stop admitting visitors from 16:30.

Closed on Mondays (except for bank holidays).

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Might go, might go, but the whole accommodation insecurity bothers me. Can I pitch my own tent down? Is there parking if you come with a private vehicle?

Finally I'll let the weather decide. Summer's not known for being kind.

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sounds like some sort of pump is in order. Or better agricultural practices to hedge against the inevitable consequences of climate change, to help mitigate it and to protect the highlands that are so essential to our water.

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Futures trading was invented as a hedge for those producing the resources. E.g. as a rubber farmer, you would be guaranteed a price for your rubber if you had a future contract with a buyer. The buyer bets that not only does he obtain the product, but he also gets it for the price he was willing to pay and is in modern times of course betting that the market price will be higher than what the future contract stipulates.

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On my cycling tour through Yunnan into South-East-Asia, I've stopped regularly at Mei Mei for a bit and a lot of drinks.

The service is friendly, the location is great and the prices are reasonable. I'm over the moon about their brownies (served with ice cream) and coffee. Though I've not had everything on the menu, I was pretty impressed with the dishes I ordered.

Don't bother with Mekong café. Mei Mei is as good a place to rest, at night or in the afternoon and has the better food.

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This was my first stop in Jinghong when I was cycling down south. I was hungry and in need of calories, so I ordered up the biggest burger on the menu: the imperial with added cheese.

I was sorely disappointed to see the sad pile of gooey beef and bread arrive, covered in half-melted cheese and not much bigger than two McDonald's cheeseburgers stacked on top of each other.

The best thing about this place are tourist informations, for everything else I suggest Meimei nextdoor or Wangtianshu a bit further in town.

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Good noodles (well perhaps most Chinese places can pull off a Chinese dish properly). Excellent selection of beer, including my favourite Orval. Beer is chilled to the right temperature indicated on the label. Friendly and good-smiling staff. Fair-priced. Terrace in the sun.

Only complaint? Not enough matching glasses to serve those delicious beers in. See, if that's the only complaint, it's a 5-star review!

Why can't other places be as good?

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If I go back, it won't be for the lazy service or the bland spaghetti bolognese. The cosiness and selection of beers could and the game aspect will be the only reasons to go back. Really some places should just try ro be what they are: cafés, not restaurants.

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Though happy with the friendly service, I'm not too impressed with the food quality vs. price ratio. Also, the vietnamese coffee comes without condenses milk as it would be served in Vietnam or next door, in vintage.