road conditions:
- most of
the main roads tend to be paved in china, of course tibet is a big
exception (see tibetan information for more details), chinese usually
build big wide roads with enough room for you and your small bike
- the traffic is not too bad, and it's manly trucks that are on the
roads
- in the north of china the traffic is heavier than in the south,
coal trucks may be a problem in some part of the road (around beijing)
-
i try to avoid as much as possible the main roads in the mainland
of china and cycle on the small roads that are often good and the
traffic is much less!
-
it's not seldom that the roads are in construction, then get
ready for a bad ride as this means dirt roads, maybe worse than
it was before and a huge amount of trucks - so a lot of dust for
you ....enjoy!
visas:
-
chinese visas vary in duration
(and also in price) depending where you ask for them.
-
the price depends
mainly on the time you're ready to wait for it. urgent = same day,
express = next day or the day after, normal = 3 - 4 working days
- as a general rule: never say you want to go to tibet or in a
sensitive area in china, play the stupid tourist! beijing shanghai
xi'an... are your destinations within the embassy!
here few place i applied for visa:
- france: 3 months visa, no problem,
i didn't ask for a double entry so i go a simple one
- india (dehli):
got a 2 months visa there quite easy too
-pakistan: got a 3 months
visa there double entry
- tadjikistan: got a 3 months visa there, 50
$ for a 2 days service (30 $ for one week) didn't ask for a double
entry but probably possible, 50 dollars, here suppose to be a bad
place in fact was a very good one, they try to insist for that
i write only 2 months at the reception but then asking 3 months
they gave me 3 months
- thailand: i got a 2 months double entries there
easy but 3 months seems more difficult, even if i met some people
who told me than they get a 3 months there, for me wasn't possible!
- honk kong: here is the spot to get chinese visa (april/may 2007
up date). i got a six months multiple entry there for 550 hong
kong dollars (55euros) in one day!
- you can also get a one year visa
for 1700hk $ (170 euros) also multiple entry but it would be easier
to get it if you already got a months visa before, if not no worries
it seems like every thing is possible here! i asked mine at the
travellers hostel in chunking mansion (16th floors) very easy going.
- mongolia (ulan baatar) = 1 month (no more) visa for
30 $ (50$ for 2/3 days service, 60$ for same day service), really
unfriendly embassy. one french, one chilien, one greek, 2 australien
than i know get there visa refused for writing "lhasa" or "urungi" as
there destination, keep low profile and say your going to beijing
- shanghai' xi'an....what ever your plans are!
good to know:
an agency base in shanghai ( www.visainchina.com )
is able to do almost everything for your visa while you're inside
the country so it means mainly extensions. this means it is possible
to get a 6 months (1 year) extension all over china (including
lhasa), it's something that would have helped many people!!! and
it avoids the trip to hong kong if you need a long term visa! but
it is not cheap!!!!
money/cost:
- 1 euro = 10.3 CNY / chinese yuan = +/-10 hong
kong $ = 0.7 us $
-
good news now (since more
than a year) you can use your credit card in the chinese atm but
most of the time maximum 2000 yuan (200 euros) so depending of
how often you want to get some, it can cost you many times the
commission in your country (if there is commission, for me = yes!)
-
you can
also get money directly in the bank without limit (except the one
of your bank and of course the one of your bank account) and that
the commission is 3%
-
you can change dollars or euros in the china
bank or private changer (check commissions)
- travelling in china is according to me quite cheap, especially
if you camp.
-
the food in the countryside is very cheap on the local
markets: vegetable, rice, breads....
-
for tibet you will probably
have to taste the dry noodle soup witch is also very cheap
-
so while camping
you can expect 1 to 2 dollars a days, eating like a prince
- then internet
is also cheap in china (2 yuan per hours so 0.2 euro per hour)
- and then,
when your going to the main city your budget will explode
-
expect to pay from 20 to 50
yuan for a cheap dorm bed
-
most of the guest houses/hostels/hotels are clean
and quite a good value for this price
-
hong kong has a special status as it's
much more expensive, so is beijing, shanghai....
bike shops:
-
kashgar:
giant
bike shop ws-giant@163.com - www.giant-xj.com -
near the second hospital n 153 xin min road
good bike shop with
many shimano parts and one good mechanic (man with glasses)
also
merida bike shop further in the same street
-
kunming:
fat tires
bike shop, no 61 of the qianju road or no 51 unit % of the
beimen road - (86-871)5301755 5191520 13708410315 - bear_bike@hotmail.com /
bear_bike@126.com
very good mechanics, many good spare parts (sun
rims, jag wires, shimano, sram....), little english (but they will
find some one speaking english), cheap price
giant bike shop on xi
chang lu: big bike shop with mainly shimano spare parts
in between
the wall mart and ren min xi lu there is very cheap bike shop with
some worker outside, for the reparation of the last chance maybe....
-
hong kong:
flying ball, unit 1 g/f, por yen blg, 478 castle peach
road, chung sha wan, kowloon\ - suppose to be one of the best
bike shop in asia......expensive price
in many major cities you can expect
to find a giant bike shop with correct stuff
beijing:
- one really good bike shop is situated near the
worker stadium (east of it), it is a tiny one but there are all
the things you need (only best quality.... including 36 spokes
sun rim) and the guys are really good mechanics and wheel builders.
no english. i got on well with the owner and had some really good
prices, cheaper than the giant bike shop
- another big giant bike
shop is on guozhijian street
(south side) (near the second ring road, running east-west), it
sells all you can't find in the other one mainly the cheap shimano
parts and a better choice of tires. the prices are more expensive
than in the other one.
In many major cities you can expect to find a giant bike
shop with correct stuff
accommodation:
-
as usual
my favorite hotel is my tent!
-
all cities have hotels or hostels or
guest houses, the price depends of the quality of course but you
can always find something from 20 to 50 yuan with good facilities
in china
- in tibet the quality will be lower for a higher price
- in beijing: minimum 60 yuan for a dorm bed (far east hostel for
example) but i haven't stayed in any of them!
maps:
here some map i used:
- tibet: gizi map 1:2000000, ok if you stay on the main road, don
t expect it to be always right, don't expect to find all the
villages shown on the map, and specially don t expect to find all
the roads shown on the map!
- china road atlas: definitely the best map i've used in china,
it's a bible, quite accurate for the distance and the size of
the cities, one negative point is that it's all in chinese, but
this is also a really positive point as you can very easy ask
your direction pointing it on the map (better to use with an
english map in the background) (thanks a lot to shao who gave
it to me)
- southern
china 1:500000, nelles maps, correct, with this and the chinese
atlas you won't be lost in the south part of china!
- china 1:3800000, "international
travel map", a general
map of china, perfect to plan or to use the chinese atlas, probably
not enough alone
in central beijing on wangfujing (pedestrian area) there is a
big english book shop where you can find some lonely planets,
some basic maps and of course books
internet facilities:
- in almost
every citie in china you will find an internet cafe
(look for the character looking like "xx" in a box
) with good connection and for cheap prices
-
the negative thing is
that some sites are blocked and that the computers are many in
chinese
-
in hk cyber cafes are expensive (10 to 30 hk $) but you
can go to a library (the one in the "city hall" on
honk kong island near the "central" ferry station is
quite a good place, harcourt road)
kashgar information:
-
hotel: seman
hotel (classic) dorm 30 yuan with bathroom, 20yuan without (with
a bike i would advice the first one witch is a better value according
to me)
on seman street! every body knows it
- internet: in the street (right when you get
out of the seman) on the left hand side, big cyber cafe for
2 yuan = good; internet inside the seman = very expensive
- bike
shop: giant bike shop: 10 mn by bike from the seman
hotel (right out the hotel till round about, then renmin donglu
(the one towards mao statue and china bank, not the one straight
just left to it), then right at the first light (jiefang nanlu),
then the second left (second hospital making the left corner),
then 500m left hand side big giant sign, outdoor shop just
in front) = n153 xin min road , if you continue further on
this road you will reach the merida bike shop. both of them
are good bike shop, the giant one have more stuff and the guy
with glasses in it is a brilliant mechanic - nb next to the
outdoor shop after the supermarket really good restaurant don
t miss it!
- bank: bank of china, change plus credit
card advance, atm max 1000 yuan, 10yuan = 0.98euros
beijing-information:
for sight seeing, hotel
(i didn't stay in a hotel!), and so on, check lonely planet!
here
some few things that can be useful and are not in the lonely planet:
good bike
shop:
- big giant one (classic in china) on jiaodoakou street (north
east of forbidden city), you can't miss it if you pass by the
street, all the spare parts that you can imagine but according
to me not the kind of bike shop that fit with travelling cycling.
(no 36 spokes rims, some good tires), english spoken
- one small but really
good one, north of the worker stadium (on
the left side of the stadium entering by the north, gongrentiyuchang
beilu every spare part that you need, good mechanic
and wheels builder. much more my kind of bike shop, but no english
spoken
- outdoor shop:
on beisanhuan zhonglu, west of the crossing with
deshengmenwai dajie (near shuangxiu park), on the south side
of the rd, 3 big outdoor shop with every thing but at a price.
PRINTABLE VERSION OF THIS ROADBOOK with chinese caracters for
cities HERE soon!!!
Place name glossary:
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Kunming |
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Pu'er |
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Dali |
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Lijiang |
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Simao |
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Honghe |
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Lincang |
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Weishan |
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Jiangcheng |
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Mengla |
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Yuanjiang |
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Jingdong |
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Mojiang |
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Zhenyuan |
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Jinghong |
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Nanjian |
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Zhongdian |
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ROAD
BOOKS - information:
distances
the distances are always in kilometers, according
to my speedometer (TOPKEA at the moment) witch is maybe
generous of about 2% compared to the kilometer-markers.
When possible there is the KMM of the road BUT, those
kilometer are not always right either and depending
the road, the distance of the speedometer differes
(sometime 2% difference, sometime 4%, sometimes -2%....).
i never tryed to make the speedometer and KMM distance
look the same, i simply wrote down what i saw on both
of them. for the speedometer i most of the time took
the approximate distance, so it can explain some differences
to (for ex 2.3 get 2 or 2.5 exept if i feel it s importante
to be precise). the best to limitated the difference
is to use the information location from location. Some
time some small detour (lunch away from rd, water....)
are not off the calcul so this can also add to the
difference in the end. Keep in mind than it's just
indication! although i did my best to make it as accurated
as possible some mistakes may have occured (writing
in the rain, re-typing....). I'm in advance extremely
sorry for this!
altitudes
the watch altitude (sunto
vector watch) depends on the pressure,
so the difference with reality can
be important depending the weather.
Generally speaking it's not too bad
and will give a good information. For
the GPS, some time it take ages before
the "right" altitude appears,
and i m not always patient enough!
GPS
I wrote down what seemed to
me the most important points, but not
all the rd due to battery saving as
i really seldom go to hotels.
camping
on some rd i indicated
my camp, not that i think that
they are the best place (far from
this!) but 1. it may give an idea
of the speed (note that i'm quite
a slow and lazy cycler) and 2.
it helps me to make the rd book!!!
road
condition
this is not totaly
objective! some time in bad
days the rd doesn't look good
even if it s asphalt!
so here to give you an idea about my classification:
- asphalt: the best
- good rd: no breaking in down hills
- ok rd: acceptable, you ride without thinking to much of it
- so/so rd: you break in downhill and can't ride without looking
at the rd all the time, and your ass notices it!
- bad rd: means what it means!
- very bad rd: you push your bike...
- corrugated: you'll learn quickly what it means if you don't know
yet: stony, gravel, sandy, muddy....
general
note that i don't write every thing and than
things that would have been important to you at a time
were not for me at the same place, sorry for this. most
of all keep in mind that rd condition change as PSB rules,
and that that information is just information.
PSB
when i see a PSB in the region i most of
the times mention it, this means that if you stay
in the city and are not suppose to be there, there
is chance that the PSB visits you in the eve or even
in the day. open barrier" means that there was
a CP but nobody cared about me passing it. military
CP are generally speaking safe.
abbreviations
TOR = turn off right
TOL = turn off left
X = cross rd
BFB = basic food and beverage
All = hotel, restaurant, shop
@ = internet
CM = chinese pass marker
KMM = kilometers marker
KMS = kilometers speedometer
RRS = road repair station (good water place and some times even
more...)
LP = lowest point
Rest = restaurant
ST = straight
CP = check post
R = right
L = left
PSB = "petit salaud en bleu" = problems = police = public
security bureau
Rd = road
TS = truck stop |
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CHINA, YUNNAN, MOHAN (MENGLA) TO ZHONGDIAN
VIA DALI:
| kilometers |
altitude (m) |
description |
0 |
- |
MOHAN = chinese boroader,
big city with hotel / restaurant, many shops, money changers
(they won't miss you anyway!) 1bhat = 0.216 yuan |
- |
- |
keep straight in
the city after the boroader for mengla/simao, very bad
road off mohan (road work) |
+/-19 |
- |
bad road due to road
work, right for village, left for mengla |
70 |
- |
mengla = huge city,
all (internet), hotel for 20 yuan in the center (english
sign) |
84 |
1100 |
top long climb |
92 |
830 |
end downhill, start
climbing, restaurant |
101 |
1165 |
top hill |
110 |
830 |
|
114 |
720 |
RRS + restaurant |
116 |
700 |
village = petrol
+ food |
130 |
1030 |
top hill |
133 |
1000 |
village |
135 |
1055 |
village, downhill
980 then up 1020 (village) |
146 |
620 |
village |
149 |
600 |
important village
(food restaurant) MENGXING, turn off to manla |
152 |
595 |
important village |
154 |
- |
camp |
167 |
535 |
bridge + restaurant |
169 |
540 |
important city, all
+ internet in MENGLUN |
184 |
1000 |
start small downhill,
very bad road for 1.5 km |
193 |
1155 |
start good road |
196 |
1265 |
start downhill |
197 |
- |
village, end good
road, some bad section |
199 |
1255 |
hilly bad road |
212 |
945 |
Village, ok road |
213 |
930 |
village center, restaurant,
shop, market, end downhill, Jinolvo (?) |
215 |
960 |
cross road, straight
JINGHONG (27km), right MENGYIANG (18km) |
217 |
1090 |
top hill |
220 |
1105 |
top hill |
232 |
- |
camp |
233 |
755 |
reaching main road |
251 |
870 |
village, basic food
+ beverage (many small villages on the road), mostly flat |
263 |
1315 |
up |
266 |
1340 |
flat hill |
270 |
1380 |
- |
271 |
1370 |
important village,
food, restaurant |
273 |
- |
cross road (left
for simao) |
300 |
910 |
reaching plain |
306-308 |
- |
big village, market,
internet |
314 |
- |
camp |
326 |
1100 |
important village,
shop, restaurant |
344 |
1330 |
top hill |
351-354 |
1320 |
SIMAO, big city,
all (always staright in it untill sign in a down hill for
pu'er, right) then reaching a big road with a lot of traffic) |
365 |
1700 |
top hill |
384 |
1250 |
end downhill |
390 |
1440 |
end up hill |
399 |
1380 |
PU'ER = all available |
402 |
- |
turn left for JINGU
/ XIAGUAN (dali) |
406 |
1410 |
camp |
416 |
1090 |
big downhill |
425 |
880 |
bridge, turn off
small road, restaurant, all way down |
435 |
925 |
hotel, restaurant |
444 |
960 |
petrol, restaurant,
village |
448 |
985 |
crossroad (keep straight),
restaurant, guesthouse |
474 |
1530 |
end up (mainly flat
up exept end) really nice valley |
494 |
990 |
JINGGU, big city,
left for center, many hotels in it, but 20 yuan room never
free, I get lost for x km then give up |
501 |
- |
out city towaroad
anban (leaving main road) |
508 |
975 |
camp |
532 |
1010 |
big village, restaurant,
shop. end |
540 |
1030 |
bridge / restaurant |
562 |
1200 |
asphalt |
565-566 |
1230 |
important city restaurant,
shop, hotel. tale Right entering city for Zhenyuan (up) |
568 |
1280 |
turn left on bad
road (end asphalt) |
573 |
1405 |
top climb |
574 |
1385 |
camp |
581 |
1625 |
top steep section |
592 |
1855 |
pass |
597 |
1755 |
village, shop |
605 |
1630 |
basic food and beverage,
turn off (keep straight) |
611 |
- |
end road (land slide)
carry the bike |
614 |
1430 |
asphalt |
624 |
1150 |
cross road: right
for zhenyan, left for jingdong/dali |
626.5 |
- |
zhenyuan = all+ internet |
629 |
1150 |
back same cross road |
633 |
1145 |
KMM 247 camp |
668 |
1100 |
village, restaurant,
shop, good road, flat |
678 |
1100 |
important village
restaurant, shop, hotel (?) |
688 |
1155 |
wenjung (?) straingt
in it, important village, restaurant, shop, hotel (?) |
700 |
1180 |
Round-about in city,
left: city center, right: dali |
715 |
1345 |
top hill |
718 |
1215 |
valley |
735 |
1255 |
important village
(restaurant, shop, petrol), crossing river |
742 |
1290 |
camp (near river
coming from the right) |
747 |
1290 |
village, food, restaurant,
shop |
754 |
1395 |
important village,
shop restaurant, big market (friday) |
768 |
1660 |
cross road, straight
(left) for dali |
772 |
1645 |
reaching main road
(214) quite bad, first with muddy village (20cm deep) km
774, better after |
789 |
1945 |
small town, shop,
restaurant, hotel |
792 |
2055 |
pass |
796 |
1900 |
end short down hill |
797 |
1950 |
end short climb |
813 |
1335 |
big city (all + internet),
keep straight at cross road for dali on road 214, or left
for DALI also on small road on map but very good one (new) |
830 |
1495 |
camp |
835 |
1550 |
toll gate (i didn't
stop) |
852 |
1665 |
cross road, straight
= WEISHAN, left = XIAGUAN / dali |
861 |
1705 |
end new road |
879 |
1725 |
town wenmingjie |
900 |
2375 |
pass |
910 |
2000 |
XIAGUAN = new dali
= traffic = lost! |
921 |
1975 |
found it, boaroad
old dali 8km + light, xizhou 27km |
924 |
1975 |
toll gate |
931 |
1975 |
turn off old dali
(all + internet, very touristic) |
932 |
1975 |
end motor way (lijiang
160 km on boaroad) |
937 |
1940 |
camp |
949 |
1910 |
KMM 34, S221 sizhou:
restaurant, shop, hotel |
954 |
1910 |
KMM 39 renliyi: restaurant,
shop |
960 |
1905 |
SHAPING, turn off
left for zhongdian, straight for lijiang |
967 |
1920 |
town |
979 |
1925 |
important village
(restaurant, shop) KMM 2293 |
995 |
2025 |
KMM 2276: restaurant,
shop |
998 |
2065 |
important village
right of the road (petrol, restaurant, shop) |
1004 |
2065 |
town, restaurant,
shop |
1012 |
2150 |
KMM 2262 petrol station,
start upwards |
1024 |
2570 |
KMM 2251: pass |
1036 |
2175 |
village with bazaroad |
1045 |
2165 |
big town = all (market)
add 1km for shopping |
1060 |
2260 |
camp |
1076 |
2345 |
turn off lijiang
(45km), village with BFB |
1088 |
2150 |
turn off lijiang
(37km) petrol station |
1093 |
1970 |
cross road, right
for zhongdian (petrol + restaurant) |
1102 |
1795 |
reaching valley and
yangtze river |
1109 |
1810 |
bridge over yangtze
kian river, restaurant before and after, zhongdian 119 km
on boaroad |
1112 |
1800 |
village |
1132 |
1850 |
tiger leaping gorge
village (qiaotou), turn off for gorge (right), hotel, restaurant,
shop, all |
1149 |
2250 |
dam + BFB |
1154 |
2445 |
dam |
1155 |
2470 |
village KMM 2124 |
1162-1163 |
2770 |
village beware of
dogs |
1166 |
2855 |
camp |
1176 |
3150 |
top hill |
1183 |
3170 |
top hill |
1187 |
3155 |
village |
1197 |
3110 |
toll gate + village
+ reaching valley |
1233 |
- |
turn right on a small
road for zhongdian center |
1235 |
3180 |
zhongdian (all +
internet), bus for kunming (18h 30, 10 hours, 172 yuan, no
problem to take a bike) |
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TRAINS: |
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- kunming - guangzhou
by train, leaving kunming at 21.23, 25 hours, 350 yuan
-
guangzhou-shenzhen train,72 yuan, 1.30 hours
- shenzen- HK
(kaoloon), train, 36 HK$, 30mn |
KUNMING: |
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- kunming cloud land
youth hostel, 25 yuan / night. i liked it!
- don't miss the
buffet in camelia hotel (bus 5 from cloud land) when you're
there |
VISA in hongkong: |
|
travellers hostel,
chucking mension (end of nathan road) block A, 16th floor,
60 HK$/night in dorm
they can arrange a long term visa for
550 HK$ for 6 months (next day)
for a one year one it's 1700
HK $, but it wold be easier if you already get a 6 months
visa before, but if not, it's still possible
BUT the visa
situation can change from day to day in HK |
xining - beijing:
about 2000km to reach the chinese capital, the ride can't be considered as difficult
but i would have wanted it easier, i guess i was tired!
some parts are really nice (inner mongolia step) some are really unpleasant (coal
factories and coal truck that will make you completely black in the eve
and feel like if you had been picking up the coal yourself in the mine!
there is never a problem for the water, and there is plenty of restaurants (where
you can get water) and food
many cities on the way, and it's all paved
o ne of the big dangers were the bees, they transport them by trucks, and when
a bees truck passes by it can be really awful!
I've been attacked as other cyclers (i met one chinese who finished in hospital
being unconscient)
if they start to turn around you, do nothing, stop and let them explore all they
want, even if it can be really unpleasant to have a hundred bees around you.
if you kick one of them (only one) you'll be in big trouble!
It's my advice to do as you want but remember than they can kill you, a mosquito
net hat or some thing to protect your head (they only sting in the head) would
not be a luxory!
e ntering beijing was so easy and i don't complain about it!
o n the last part i left the rd 109, tired by the traffic, maybe it takes longer
in time and km but it's more quiet (in some parts only!)
it took me about 20 days to do the following road, taking it easy.
| kms
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km-marker
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alt w
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alt gps
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description
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road conditions
|
gps point
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0
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-
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2310
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2259
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xining center (xidajie)
always st on xidajie toward east, getting dang dajie then
bayi lu then lhanzhou hw
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asphalt
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n36'37.245
e101'47.083
|
14 (+ 14)
|
-
|
-
|
2181
|
camp left rd in trees before
hw entrance
|
''
|
n36'33.915
e101'53.235
|
14.5 (+ 0.5)
|
-
|
2300
|
-
|
hw entrance on the left keep
st for 109
|
"
|
-
|
22 (+ 7.5)
|
1935
|
2285
|
-
|
tree in the middle of the
rd!
|
"
|
-
|
35.5 (+ 13.5)
|
-
|
2250
|
-
|
bridge in big city ping an
all
+ @ + petrol + market
keep always st in it for lhanzou (rd
109)
|
"
|
-
|
63 (+ 27.5)
|
1895
|
2135
|
-
|
x = l on main rd
|
"
|
-
|
65.5 (+ 2.5)
|
1893
|
2130
|
-
|
round about = st
(l = ledu,
big city)
(r = hw)
|
"
|
-
|
112 (+ 46.5)
|
1848
|
1975
|
2001
|
x = st for 109
r = big city min
he 2km
|
"
|
n36'20.402 e102'47.727
|
118.5 (+ 6.5)
|
-
|
1950
|
-
|
city all
|
"
|
-
|
158 (+ 39.5)
|
1778 (kmm wrong somewhere
20km lost)
|
1790
|
1618
|
camp left rd (water = ask villages,
rest or so, plenty on the way) |
"
|
n36'10.892 e103'11.553
|
187.5 (+ 29.5)
|
1749.5
|
1735
|
-
|
x = st to xincheng
|
"
|
-
|
188 (+ 0.5)
|
1748.5
|
1730
|
1560
|
x = st xincheng bridge
|
"
|
n36'10464 e103'28.229
|
190 (+ 2)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x after bridge = left
|
"
|
-
|
203.5 (+ 13.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = st (lhanzou city)
(l = xigu)
|
"
|
-
|
204.5 (+ 1)
|
-
|
-
|
1575
|
x = l toward lanzhou, xian, yinchuan
|
"
|
n36'07.283 e103'35.353
|
207 (+ 2.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = st for yinchuan
|
''
|
-
|
220.5 (+ 13.5)
|
-
|
-
|
1546
|
x = r for yinchuan going
to big round about, where you make the total round of it
and go on bridge (board)
(st = lhanzou)
|
"
|
n36'05.295 e103'43.062
|
222.5 (+ 2)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x after bridge i took r but i
think the way would be to find a way to rich the rd you just
pass over on the left side of the yellow river
|
''
|
-
|
224 (+ 1.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = r (china post at corner)
|
''
|
-
|
228 (+ 4)
|
-
|
-
|
1499
|
x before bridge over yellow
river (don t cross it) = l to reach the main rd along yellow
river (mention above)
|
''
|
n36'05.485
e103'46.105
|
235 (+ 7)
|
-
|
-
|
1553
|
toll for the rd 109 (after passing
under a bridge), no sign
|
''
|
n36'03.598
e103'49.272
|
253.5 (+ 18.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
camp left rd, it's up
|
''
|
-
|
267.5 (+ 14)
|
1676
|
-
|
-
|
village x = st
|
"
|
-
|
279.5 (+ 12)
|
1664
|
-
|
1646
|
x = st for ring rd
(l =
gaolan (? ?) , big city)
(r = hw entrance)
|
"
|
n36'19.232
e103'56.914
|
322.5 (+ 43)
|
-
|
-
|
1684
|
reaching big town many x always
st
be careful bees!!!!!!
|
"
|
n36'32.003
e104'08.085
|
354.5 (+ 32)
|
before 1591
|
-
|
1620
|
camp r rd behind field
|
"
|
n36'38.391
e104'25.058
|
365.5 (+ 11)
|
1581
|
-
|
-
|
x = st, 344km for tangjiatai
(r = jingyuan) (? ?)
(l = hw)
|
"
|
-
|
387.5 (+ 22)
|
1559
|
1570
|
1651
|
x = st 344km for yinchuan
(r
= jingyuan( ? ? ) soon after tool gate)
bees!!!!
|
"
|
n36'42.450
e104'44.488
|
389.5 (+ 2)
|
1557
|
-
|
1429
|
x = l for yinchuan ( ??)
|
"
|
n36'42.732
e104'45.671
|
413 (+ 23.5)
|
1534
|
-
|
-
|
x = st for 109
(r = s308, village, water)
long flat up
|
"
|
-
|
425.5 (+ 12.5)
|
1522
|
1975
|
-
|
end flat up (but difficult
to feel the difference if wind!)
|
''
|
-
|
429.5 (+ 4)
|
1518
|
-
|
-
|
x = st 305km for yinchuan
|
''
|
-
|
443.5 (+ 14)
|
1505
|
-
|
-
|
x = st + village bfb rest, water
|
''
|
-
|
464.5 (+ 21)
|
1484
|
-
|
1658
|
camp r rd
|
"
|
n36'59.631
e105'03.175
|
485.5 (+ 21)
|
1466
|
-
|
1748
|
x = st + city (all, market)
tor + l
|
"
|
n36'56.349
e105'15.649
|
518.5 (+ 33)
|
1435
|
-
|
1539
|
camp r rd
|
"
|
n37'04.551
e105'32.718
|
537 (+ 18.5)
|
1417
|
1515
|
1580
|
x = l over bridge
(bees truck are going st!)
|
"
|
n37'06.845
e105'43.744
|
544 (+ 7)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = st (l)
|
not so good rd
|
-
|
| kms
|
kmm
|
alt w
|
alt gps
|
description
|
rd conditions
|
gps pt
|
573 (+ 29)
|
1382
|
-
|
-
|
x = st in village
|
asphalt
|
-
|
578 (+ 5)
|
1377
|
-
|
1232
|
x = st (ring rd)
(l = zhong ning)( ?? )
|
"
|
n37'25.348
e105'38.286
|
581 (+ 3)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = st for ring rd
i went l into city ?? (broken rim)
|
"
|
-
|
587.5 (+ 6.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
big city zhong ning (??)
|
"
|
-
|
592.5 (+ 5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
back main rd (ring rd)
|
"
|
-
|
595.5 (+ 3)
|
1360
|
-
|
-
|
x = r
(l = city)
|
"
|
-
|
638.5 (+ 43)
|
-
|
-
|
1216
|
x = r for 109
|
"
|
n37'52.642
e105'55.219
|
653.5 (+ 15)
|
1305
|
-
|
-
|
big round about = left
|
"
|
-
|
665.5 (+ 12)
|
1293
|
-
|
-
|
x = l for yinchuan on ring rd
(always st on it, rest and shop on it)
|
"
|
-
|
668 (+ 2.5)
|
1290
|
-
|
1222
|
camp in field
|
"
|
n38'01.868
e106'03.618
|
670 (+ 2)
|
1288
|
-
|
-
|
x = l
|
"
|
-
|
681 (+ 11)
|
1277
|
-
|
-
|
round about = st , just after
x = l
(l = hw)
(r = wuzhong, 17km)
|
"
|
-
|
704 (+ 23)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
big city (work so was a detour,
but should be straight if works finish)
|
"
|
-
|
725 (+ 21)
|
-
|
-
|
1117
|
yinchuan, ( ??) big city
always st at all the x (l = city center)
|
"
|
n38'27.005
e106'17.555
|
752 (+ 27)
|
1210
|
-
|
-
|
broken rim (yes another one!)
|
"
|
-
|
764.5 (+ 12.5)
|
1198
|
-
|
-
|
x = st in small town
|
''
|
-
|
783.5 (+ 19)
|
1175
|
-
|
1150
|
big city ping luo( ? ? ) x
= st (l)
|
''
|
n38'53.567
e106'32.216
|
786 (+ 2.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
big round about with metallic
flame = st for 109
(r = market)
|
''
|
-
|
825.5 (+ 39.5)
|
1139
|
-
|
-
|
x = r on ring rd
(st = city) ? ?
|
''
|
-
|
| kms
|
kmm
|
alt w
|
alt gps
|
description
|
rd conditions
|
gps pt
|
832.5 (+ 7)
|
-
|
-
|
1182
|
bridge over yellow river, entrance
(toll gate) only from ring rd ? ?
|
"
|
n39'14.564
e106'46.959
|
854.5 (+ 22)
|
1105
|
-
|
1227
|
camp r rd (factories....)
|
"
|
n39'21.680
e106'56.925
|
874.5 (+ 20)
|
1085
|
-
|
-
|
end hw, work in progress
|
''
|
-
|
897 (+ 22.5)
|
1062
|
-
|
-
|
ts all
|
''
|
-
|
954 (+ 57)
|
1009
|
-
|
-
|
tor + rest, water, petrol
|
''
|
-
|
962.5 (+ 8.5)
|
1000!!!!
|
-
|
1476
|
......
|
''
|
n39'15.777
e107'59.019
|
967.5 (+ 5)
|
995
|
-
|
-
|
tor
|
''
|
-
|
971.5 (+ 4)
|
990
|
-
|
1363
|
ts all + night (invited)
|
''
|
n39'17.882
e108'03.767
|
1005 (+ 33.5)
|
958
|
-
|
-
|
ts ( = rest, petrol water)
|
"
|
-
|
1039.5 (+ 34.5)
|
924
|
-
|
-
|
ts
|
"
|
-
|
1059.5 (+ 20)
|
905
|
-
|
-
|
town left rd (x = st
+ 1km round about = st
|
"
|
-
|
1093.5 (+ 34)
|
872
|
-
|
-
|
village (rest, petrol, water)
|
"
|
-
|
1108 (+ 14.5)
|
858
|
-
|
1359
|
camp left rd
|
"
|
n39'51.908
e109'13.046
|
1121 (+ 13)
|
845
|
-
|
-
|
village (petrol, rest, water)
(2 small village also before)
|
"
|
-
|
1139 (+ 18)
|
828
|
-
|
-
|
village(petrol, rest, water)
|
''
|
-
|
1165.5 (+ 26.5)
|
802
|
-
|
-
|
village(petrol, rest, water)
|
''
|
-
|
1174 (+ 8.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = l for city
(r ring rd)
|
''
|
-
|
1178 to1183.5 (+ 4 to +
9.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
big city ( e er duo si ? ???) all
always st in it
coming to rd s214 at kmm 10
|
''
|
-
|
1190 (+ 6.5)
|
-
|
-
|
1503
|
round about, kmm 15 on s214
turn left for 109
|
''
|
n39'46.826
e110'06.067
|
| kms
|
kmm
|
alt w
|
alt gps
|
description
|
rd conditions
|
gps pt
|
1204 (+ 14)
|
765
|
-
|
1458
|
camp left rd
hilly rd head wind
|
"
|
n39'48.204
e110'14.150
|
1208 (+ 4)
|
761
|
-
|
-
|
village (water, rest, petrol)
|
''
|
-
|
1219 (+ 11)
|
750
|
-
|
-
|
ts(water, rest, petrol)
(round about after it = st)
|
''
|
-
|
1225 (+ 6)
|
744
|
-
|
-
|
ts(water, rest, petrol)
|
''
|
-
|
1231 (+ 6)
|
738
|
-
|
-
|
x = st(l)
ts(water, rest, petrol)
|
''
|
-
|
1238 (+ 7)
|
732
|
-
|
-
|
x = st
(l = toward rd 110)
|
''
|
-
|
1262 (+ 24)
|
708
|
-
|
-
|
village(water, rest, petrol)
x in it = st
|
''
|
-
|
1275 (+ 13)
|
696
|
-
|
-
|
tool gate (plenty water and rest)
|
''
|
-
|
1279 (+ 4)
|
692
|
-
|
-
|
x = st (always water and rest)
|
''
|
-
|
1293 (+ 14)
|
679
|
-
|
1242
|
camp left rd |
''
|
n39'47.344
e111'02.434
|
1298 (+ 5)
|
673
|
-
|
-
|
village(water, rest, petrol)
|
''
|
-
|
1300.5 (+ 2.5)
|
670.5
|
-
|
-
|
hw entrance
|
''
|
-
|
1306 (+ 5.5)
|
665
|
-
|
1296
|
tool gate + x after it
i took r leaving the rd 109 (left for it i guess despite
a sign for datong)
people comfirmed than r was the direction of datong and
than it was shorter, i m really not sure of this!
|
''
|
n39'48.519
e111'10.758
|
1308.5 (+ 2.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
tool gate
x = st before
|
''
|
-
|
1331.5 (+ 23)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = st, rest and water all the
way
|
''
|
-
|
1340 (+ 8.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = l(st)
|
''
|
-
|
1347 (+ 7)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
imp village (shop, rest water,
market)
always st in it and after it
|
''
|
-
|
1358.5 (+ 11.5)
|
-
|
-
|
908
|
bridge and damn over yellow river
(down hill before)
tool gate
|
''
|
n39'34.045
e111'25.664
|
1361.5 (+ 3)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = l toward wanjiazhai (???) (1.5km)
little traffic
|
''
|
-
|
| kms
|
kmm
|
alt w
|
alt gps
|
description
|
rd conditions
|
gps pt
|
1362 (+ 300m)
|
-
|
-
|
1040
|
x = r for datong
{if left after 20 km you'll reach a nice village, view
great wall view (no access except boat) and friendly people,
not easy rd but should soon be paved, and no traffic}
|
''
|
n39'34.298
e111'26.241
|
1371.5 (+ 9.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
top climb on s304 (petrol, rest
water)
|
very bad rd (work)
|
-
|
1391.5 (+ 20)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = l reaching city
|
good asphalt form there
|
-
|
1393.5 (+ 2)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
city pina guan( ? ? )always st
|
asphalt
|
-
|
1394.5 (+ 1)
|
-
|
-
|
1068
|
x = st
(r city center)
|
''
|
n39'25.599
e111'30.330
|
1396 (+ 1.5)
|
219 on rd 209
|
-
|
-
|
x = l reaching rd 209 at kmm
219
|
''
|
-
|
1416.5 (+ 20.5)
|
(199 on rd 209)
57 on rd s304
|
-
|
-
|
x = r on rd s304 (kmm 57)
(l = rd 209 at kmm 199)
|
"
|
-
|
1430.5 (+ 14)
|
44 (but they are strange)
|
-
|
1279
|
camp left rd
|
''
|
n39'31.297
e111'49.913
|
1451.5 (+ 21)
|
27 (but wrong)
|
-
|
-
|
x = r
|
''
|
-
|
1458 (+ 6.5)
|
21
|
-
|
-
|
x = l ping lu (? ?)
|
''
|
-
|
1467.5 (+ 10.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
tunnel (no light) end up
|
''
|
-
|
1475 (+ 6.5)
|
-
|
-
|
1449
|
x = r for shuozhou (??)
(st = jingping)
|
''
|
n39'30.713
e112'15.119
|
1480 (+ 5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = r for shuozhou end s304 rd
(l = youyo)
start traffic of coal trucks
|
''
|
-
|
1497.5 (+ 17.5)
|
-
|
-
|
1189
|
x = l (datong (??) on board),
rest + petrol
(st = shuozhou ?? )
start ugly coal truck traffic
there is 2 parallel rd, i took the r one
|
''
|
n39'22.797
e112'24.567
|
1426 (+ 28.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = r (water but not permanent)
|
''
|
-
|
1433.5 (+ 7.5)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
round about = st
petrol rest water
|
''
|
-
|
1538 (+ 4.5)
|
155 0n s303
|
-
|
1025
|
camp r rd
|
''
|
n39'24.664
e112'50.450
|
1546 (+ 8)
|
147
|
-
|
-
|
x = st for yingxian( ?? )
(l = hw)
|
''
|
-
|
1571 (+ 25)
|
127
|
-
|
-
|
x = st for yingxian (rd about)
(l datong = 78km)
|
''
|
-
|
| kms
|
kmm
|
alt w
|
alt gps
|
description
|
rd conditions
|
gps pt
|
1573 (+ 2)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
yingxian ( ??) big city all +
+
|
''
|
-
|
1575 (+ 2)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
x = st
|
''
|
-
|
1620 (+ 45)
|
74
|
-
|
-
|
round about = st (guangling =
53km)
(l = datong, 63km)
(r = lingqiu,78km)
|
''
|
-
|
1621 to 1627 (+ 1to7)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
round about, r for big city hun
yuan ( ??) (all + + )
1627 bck main rd
|
''
|
-
|
1630 (+ 3)
|
68
|
-
|
1132
|
camp r rd
|
"
|
n39'43.370
e113'43.367
|
1649 (+ 19)
|
49.5
|
1670
|
1571
|
end up (pass)
|
''
|
n39'46.308
e113'53.474
|
1674.5 (+ 25.5)
|
24
|
-
|
-
|
tunnel no light and narrow
|
''
|
-
|
1686 (+ 11.5)
|
15
|
-
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-
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round about = st for guangling (??) (1km)
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1687 to 1689 (+ 1 to 3)
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-
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-
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guangling = big city , all
always st
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1695 (+ 6)
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-
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-
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-
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x = st
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-
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1699.5 (+ 4.5)
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-
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-
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end asphalt
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-
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1714.5 (+ 15)
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115 on s342
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-
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back main rd after a nice short
cut loop in small village, ask for direction as it s easy
to get lost
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1719 (+ 4.5)
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-
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-
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x = st
(l = yuxian ? ? , big city)
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1739 (+ 20)
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-
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-
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x = st
(l must be ok too)
big rd not on the map
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1744 (+ 5)
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211.5 on rd 109
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924
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round about after toll gate =
r back on rd 109 at kmm 211.5
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n39'55.879
e114'45.572
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1760 (+ 16)
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196
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-
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916
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camp
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n40'01.066
e114'55.108
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1789.5 (+ 29.5
|
168
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-
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-
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x after tool gate = r
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-
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1798 (+ 8.5)
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159
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1300
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1173
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small pass
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n40'08.004
e115'13.509
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1803 (+ 5)
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154
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-
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-
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x = st (r)
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-
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1824.5 (+ 21.5)
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133
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1490
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1370
|
pass
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n40'02.825
e115'22.764
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1829 (+ 4.5)
|
129
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-
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-
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x = r (st)
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-
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1829.5 (+ 0.5)
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-
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-
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-
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village + x = l
end down start up
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-
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1838 (+ 8.5)
|
119
|
1510
|
1391
|
pass
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n39'59.309
e115'25.682
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1851 (+ 13)
|
107
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-
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-
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x = r
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-
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1865 (+ 14)
|
93
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-
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-
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village rest + shop
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-
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1871 (+ 6)
|
87.5
|
-
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458
|
camp right below rd (no much
choice)
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n39'57.639
e115'39.745
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1909 (+ 38)
|
49
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-
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230
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x = st for beijing (??) but up
i took left (rd 109 on board but rd x010 on kmm) = flat
(passing true wanphing)
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n40'00.338
e115'56.145
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1927 (+ 18)
|
39
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-
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-
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back g109
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"
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-
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1931 (+ 4)
|
35
|
-
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-
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x = left in tunnel
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"
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-
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1941 (+ 10)
|
-
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-
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115
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x = l (shijingshan ??? district)
on shimen rd, then beixinanlu (passing under jiwan bridge)
always st
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n39'57.613
e116'05.985
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1951 (+ 10)
|
-
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-
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82
|
x = l reaching shijingshanlu
always st
changing name to xichangan lu
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"
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n39'54.375
e116'09.956
|
1968 (+ 17)
|
-
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-
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48
|
bei ing ?? tiananmen square =
end bei jing ??
(no bike on the square it self!)
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n39'54.102
e116'23.399
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