Xinjiang
Dates and Days: October ~20 days
Waypoints/route: Kashgar - through the massive desert - Haixi
Distance: 2,000km
Terrain:
Total vertical incline: 4000hm
Max Altitude: 1340m
Weather:
Qinghai
It has been described as being more 'deserty than the desert'! We will follow the road to Haixi and then on to the pituresque Qinghai lake, the largest salt water lake in China. The temperature will probabley drop so we'll need to be prepared for that.
Dates and Days: Oct-Nov
Waypoints/route: Haixi-Qinghai lake - Xihai - Xining
Distance: 1,500km
Terrain:
Total vertical incline: 5640hm
Max Altitude: 1340m
Weather:
Gansu
Dates and Days: November
Waypoints/route: Langzhou = Longnan
Distance: 880m
Terrain:
Total vertical incline: 9280hm
Max Altitude: 3200m
Weather:
Sichuan
Next stop Sichuan, the southwestern Chinese province famous for its cuisine.
Dates and Days: November
Waypoints/route: Guangyuan - Chengdu - Leshan - Liangshan
Distance: 1150km
Terrain:
Total vertical incline: 9150hm
Max Altitude: 3000m
Weather:
Yunnan
Very excited to be cycling through Yunnan having heard a lot oabout it. The Tiger Leaping Gorge, a large canyon on the Jinsha Riber, is definitely on the itinerary.
Dates and Days: November
Waypoints/route: Deqen - Lijiang - Dali - Kunming
Distance: 1000km
Terrain:
Total vertical incline: 6160hm
Max Altitude: 3000m
Weather: Mountainous
Guangxi & Guangdong
Dates and Days: November
Waypoints/route: Anshun - Guiyang - Qiannan - Guilin - Qingyuan - Shenzhen
Distance: 1920km
Terrain:
Total vertical incline: 11400hm
Max Altitude: 2000m
Weather:
Hong Kong
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