Our itinerary was fairly scant when it came to information on the days ride, but today it did carry the brief note "Good mountain road G213".....and good it was .....
Bloody excellent, in fact ...
Stunning views...
And with Jeremy in front, my brakes got a good workout ! ....
This bridge just ends at the mountain face ! Presumably they will build a road or tunnel eventually, but a strange sight to see.
And just to remind us not to let our guard down, landslides such as this were quite common, sometimes blocking the whole road...
... but the diggers are usually not far away.
Stopped for a morning drink and the "shop" owner started bringing out chairs ....
And then the usual gas station photo call ....
Before arriving at our destination of Pu'er, where we were promised some co-ordinates via a text message...
... which didn't come by the time we got there. This was the one aspect of the whole experience that tainted things. Clearly Abdul was booking a hotel during the car ride that day, so after waiting for an hour, we finally get a call to say he has found one....
Anyway, he did find a nice new hotel, strangely called the Barcelona Hotel ...
... so after a shower we head out and join him for a beer .... no hard feelings, eh !
Which turned into a meal too, on the street. Heading the long way back to the hotel, I managed to talk J & J into a few more beers, but by 9pm, the blogs were calling and we all headed back.
Bloody excellent, in fact ...
Stunning views...
And with Jeremy in front, my brakes got a good workout ! ....
This bridge just ends at the mountain face ! Presumably they will build a road or tunnel eventually, but a strange sight to see.
And just to remind us not to let our guard down, landslides such as this were quite common, sometimes blocking the whole road...
... but the diggers are usually not far away.
Stopped for a morning drink and the "shop" owner started bringing out chairs ....
And then the usual gas station photo call ....
Before arriving at our destination of Pu'er, where we were promised some co-ordinates via a text message...
Anyway, he did find a nice new hotel, strangely called the Barcelona Hotel ...
... so after a shower we head out and join him for a beer .... no hard feelings, eh !
Which turned into a meal too, on the street. Heading the long way back to the hotel, I managed to talk J & J into a few more beers, but by 9pm, the blogs were calling and we all headed back.