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Erlian-Hohhot |
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ca. 350 km. mostly flat, all paved. |
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| Hohhot-Yinchuan: |
ca. 750 Km, completely flat, all paved. |
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Yinchuan-Golmud |
ca. 1440 km, all paved, hilly, but never steep. |
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| Golmud-Lhasa |
1150 km. all paved, road up to over 5200 meters, but generally fairly flat after the first long climb to Kunlun pass. |
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| Maps: |
Worldcart map of China. Plus a chinese road atlas, very very precise, but no altitude. |
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| Cost |
Still cheap. |
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| Visa: |
Easy. Usually 1 month, but depends where you get the visa. Max. 3 months, but can be extended. In Hongkong it's possible to get business visa. |
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| Traffic |
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At times lots of traffic, but they are building highways everywhere in China, so it's not too bad. Loud, but never felt it was dangerous. |
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| Accomodation: |
Inner Mongolia and Tibet camping. Along the Huang He possible, but there are small cheap hotels in all the small villages. Between Yinchuan and Golmud a mixture between camping and small hotels. |
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Never a problem on this route. Inner Mongolia all paved, so you're fast. Between Golmud and Lhasa there are enough villages plus right now they are building a railroad, lots of construction workers camps. |
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| Language |
.Still nobody ever understood what I tried to say in Chinese. |
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| Bike parts |
For mountain bikes it's easy to find things. Don't know about the quality. For 28" bikes almost impossible. |
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