Qingdao to Heze

Finally we reached Yunnan our last province in China. We crossed two hills to reach Shangri-La and met a fellow cyclist Davide. We also came across a lot of mud. From there it was down and up to Lijiang for a well deserved rest.

Leaving the grassland plateau behind we cycled to Sangdui where we turned off and cycled our highest pass to date at 4720 meters. We made it to Xiangchang in the rain.

Minxian was an interesting city for a short visit but soon we were on the road again, heading up to higher altitude, to grasslands and yaks.

Cycling out of Jinzhou we made the decision to head for Dalian. The route mainly had bigger roads and less interesting scenery, oil pumps but also the sea!

Arriving in Hohhot by train Susanne settled into a hostel and went exploring in the city with a mosque, buddhist temple and interesting small markets.