The mountains of Yunnan
Aug 15 2018 - Aug 17 2018
China
5327 km

About 400km and many mountain passes left until we reach Kunming, the capital of Yunnan.
Starting into the mountains, early in the morning:

Tobacco plantations:



Luckily, this stretch of very bad road was only a few kilometers:



The expressway right next to us is almost completely flat through tunnels and over bridges. It’s not allowed to cycle it though:


Drying Sichuan pepper:











Just climbed another mountain pass:




Nice people offering help at the roadside:






This climb was extremely steep:


The last mountain pass of the day!

Strawberry fields:

Waiting for the rain to pass:

Yes!


Fixing a flat in the morning:

Cigarette claw game:


Booyah! 20km of rolling downhill with amazing mountain views:





Attention, police!
