Dali the travellers center in Yunnan county in South west china to Lijiang a traditional Chinese town with minority Naxi peoples.

This is a two to three day ride on good Tarmac roads.

After the long rest in Dali due to the loss of Rolands bike outside a cafe, which he had to go back toK unming to replace,(he has a nice GT with XT set and Judy shocks now for the police in Tibet to conviscate), we finally head out on the 200km to Lijiang. We took the new expressway, and with a brief stop for an interview with a guangzhou Sports channel also on their way to Lhasa, whose idea of sport is to take four wheel drives loaded with pringles and chocolate and pretty girls.

We made good headway on this smoothest of roads. Nice views and with the ocassional tow by slow moving trucks up hills we got along with almost noproblems,apart from Roland falling off while being towed by a truck.. Just say no to trucks kids!

So after a relatively easy two days here we are in Lijiang where we met a guy who makes our little trip sound puny. Mr. Mung is in the guiness book of record for being the only one armed one legged cyclist to cycle over 30000 km. He has been everywhere in China with his false leg tied into one pedal and with the stump of his arm controlling the handle bars. All done on his cheap 12 speed Giant bike. He says of the uphills that are many in China he has to get of and push one step at a time. This amazing man has now opened a chinese caligraphy store. Using his stump and a bandage tieing the brush to it he writes beautiful words. For us he wrote:

Yi LuShun Feng’ Smooth passage.

So a 150 pound fine if caught on the way to Lhasa. oooh better not try then eh?