Dali to Lincang

Day 59 Monday 28th September 302 km (18371 km total)

 

South west Yunnan, fine roads & scenery.

 

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Lincang lies sout of Dali and borders Burma. It is apparently capital of the Yunnan black tea region of china and sits pretty much on the tropic of cancer.

An uneventful but pleasant ride today through some fine scenery with the kind of roads that prompt spirited riding - we of course always stick to the speed limit!

Crossing the lake just after leaving Dali, quite a contrast to the old city.

And onto the start of the fine roads that characterise the Yunnan region.

With a few tunnels for good measure, this one is 3.1 km long.

Passing an army convoy - about 80 trucks in all.

 

Another lake, no jumping off the bridge allowed here!

The farmers here had been making patterns in the crop - still no mechanisation in sight.

Hand sheathed corn....

Great roads here

 

A tunnel in a bend is a bit weird, leaning over for the curve & then being plunged into darkness!

 

Look at this road go!

 

... And so it went on until we reached Lincang. Not much to see in Lincang, but the promise of more good scenery on the way to Puer tomorrow.