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Writer's pictureAlana

202. Guixi to Gaoqiao, Yunnan, China

Updated: 5 days ago

October 30, 2024

Miles: 35.36. Total: 8,232.71 mi, 13,246.43 km.

Another day, another mountain! My ride started with a random man running out, handing me two Red Bulls, and snapping a selfie.

It ended in a small town where a sweet man named Li waited with me for over an hour as the police figured out how to register me, a foreigner, for the night. (Apparently I am the first American to overnight in this town.) Li then carried Louise up three flights of stairs. Total mensch action!


In between, it was a long climb lined with waterfalls, rivers, and tiny women tending gigantic hillside farms, including this lady:


And the waterfalls are straight outta Fantasy Island:


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