Hey
I'm planning a cycle trip in the spring break from Kunming down to Thai Ubon Ratchathani (to see a friend and shit). Now, this is a call for tips and advice. For instance: which border crossings can I do overland (from Yunnan to Laos and from Laos to Thailand) and can I then get a visa at the border?
Is Myanmar accessible for cyclists (i.e. could I skip Laos and go through Myanmar to Thailand instead?)
And thirdly, I'm probably not cycling back due to lack of time. Are there busses/trains from Ubon or elsewhere in Thailand that will take me back to Kunming? Or need I switch transport? Which would be the most ideal way to get back, considering that boxing up a bicycle for a plane is a pain and that putting it into a bus is no good news for the gears?
Other tips and advice are also welcome!
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Lijiang blaze destroys old town businesses
发布者That was one day after I'd left. Anyway, Danmairen, I'm not sure if there really are fire engines that fit inside the old town of Lijiang. I even have trouble getting around without bumping my head. I'm in fact impressed the fire was contained with relative little damage.
They might have seen it coming though, there was some fire accident between Lijiang and Shangri-La during the time of my visit, which shrouded the entire Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in smoke.
Getting Away: Nanning
发布者I'm a bit late, perhaps, and biased, perhaps, because I haven't seen a proper big city since I left Kunming on my bicycle trip. But I'm positively impressed by Nanning after only one night. Green streets, air quality good, weather nice and warm in winter, big food streets at night, a selection of nice bars, and everything the western heart wants in terms of coffee, restaurants and bars.
In that aspect, it's doing better than Kunming. Con: it sprawls on forever and wouldn't make a good city to start bike rides from. You'd have to conquer forty km to get out of it first.
Interview: Shopkeeper Ms Tang
发布者great article this, I like it when you are digging into Kunming history. Makes up for everything that's been lost and rebuilt.
Fog shuts down Kunming airport, strands thousands
发布者The visibility that day was apparently 300-800, according to a local journalist for Kunming TV.
Kunming subway train derails, killing one
发布者haha! Do you realise the potential irony such a plan has? You'll be shooting the vid and the thing will actually collapse.