Blogs from Zhongdian, Yunnan, China, Asia - page 2

25 km 7.0km/hr 3:34:00 I had a rough night as I woke up around midnight wanting to get sick and/or have diahrrea! I got dressed to go outside but ended up fighting it most of the rest of the night as it was so cold outside-lol! I finally got a couple of hours sleep and then woke up early. It was a brisk -8 degres C still at 7a.m! I noticed that I was having strong egg-tasting burps and from experience realized that I had giardia(traveller's diahrrea usually from bad water or from poor hygiene in restaurants etc). Luckily I had medication to treat it but it can take a week until you feel 100 percent. Anyway, we got packed up and began to cont. our climb but we were almost out of water so we ... read more

Hi folks! Yes, we are alive and well! Sorry about the lack of updates. We're in Shangri-la(Zhongdian),China in Yunnan province right now. We are resting here and healing up from a bout of travel sickness(giardia). We'll give you a brief update with some pics etc(maybe to follow-keep checking) of how we got here along with some info. for cyclists on distances,road conditions etc. We had typed up an update for our first day after leaving Hanoi so we'll include that above first and then follow with the rest.... read more

After the TLG trek we headed off on an early bus (we never get any lie ins on this tour!) to Zhongdian, a Tibetan village. We hadn't had a shower and were pretty tired from the trek so we were looking forward to a nice hot shower when we got there. A lovely bumpy bus ride with a mental driver and we got to Zhongdian. We had arranged to go and visit a local school and a yak farm that afternoon and we literally had time to dump our bags off and get on another bus to the farm. Chris hadn't really been looking forward to this visit.... even less so now! We looked around the college but all the students were out doing work experience so we didn't get to see them! Then we headed ... read more

Zhongdian is otherwise know as Shangrila, marks the western most point of my journey on this backpacking trip. The city itself is prosperous thanks to a booming tourist trade. Here, it is possible to get a small peek into Tibetan culture without going to Tibet and dealing with all the hassles of getting a permit associated with it. For anyone going to Tibet, this would probably be a nice stop to get adjusted to the altitude before going any higher. I've been feeling the effects of altitude sickness here and have not been sleeping well. The thinner air makes strenuous hikes more exhausting. However, hiking around Shangrila is very rewarding, there are a number of hills and mountains in the area south of the old city. At some places, one can see the name, Shangrila, inscribed ... read more

Na poczatek krotkie uzupelnienie poprzedniego wpisu. Zapomnialem napisac, ze: - jechalismy wsrod chmur - widocznosc gdzieniegdzie ograniczona byla do 20 metrow - potrzebne byly dodatkowe przystanki w drodze na chlodzenie woda opon i hamulcow - spalismy w hotelu wylacznie dla Chinczykow (teoretycznie nie moze przyjmowac obcokrajowcow) za 10Y od osoby - bylo brudno, nie bylo cieplej wody, zimnej bylo malo i byla brudna;) Gdy tworzylem poprzedni wpis nasilal sie u mnie bol glowy, jednak jakos jeszcze funkcjonowalem. Doszedlem do hotelu, zastalem Pawla juz prawie spiacego (wczsniej poczul sie kiepsko) i polozylem sie spac... Nie moglem usnac kilka godzin. Glowa bolala coraz bardziej, bylo mi jednoczesnie zimno i goraco. Spalem krociutko, bo juz o 7 obaj sie obudzilismy i postanowilismy, ze nie ma sensu sie meczyc kolejnym dniem aklimatyzacji i trzeba jechac dalej. Pawel rano czul ... read more