From Guizhou Province to Hongkong
I left Guiyang following the motorway. Unless there are alternative roads, taking the motorway with a bicycle is legal in China. I didn’t know wether there was another road nor how to find it, so I just continued and was rewarded with a nice 140km ride on perfectly smooth tarmac, little traffic and moderate climbs. Passing the ‘Dragon’s Backbone’, the rice terraces of Longshen, the first part of my ride that day took me along the banks of a stunning river in the direction of Guilin. Guilin, biggest city of Guangxi province, is well known for it’s surrounding environment, unreal-looking (more…)