The ride round Erhai Lake

Just a casual ride around the lake

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October 25th 2006
Just a casual ride around the lake??! Sounds lovely. 60km later and a few emotional breakdowns along the way we finally make it home. We start the day with an all you can eat buffet breakfast of 10 yuan!!! Nuts! And then hire ourselves some mountain bikes. The lower part of the old city is closely flanked with Lake Erhai, named so for it's ear shape. The other side of the city has mount ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more