China 2025 planning

3 proposed routes!!

Each route requires 15-18 days

Best time to go: End April-May or Sept/Oct

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South West China: Chengdu - 140km - Leshan - 758km - Lijiang - 200km - Dali

Photos from top right, clockwise: - panda sanctuary in Chengdu, Leshan Buddha (largest carved buddha in the world), Lijiang old buildings/streets, Dali street, 3 towers of Dali.

This route goes through Sichuan province famous for spicy food and has many Tibetan villages, and Yunnan province, known for it's moderate climate, varied rock formations and tropical scenery (in the south). It's a mountainous route, although we'll see peaks of over 7000m the roads will not exceed 3500m. Yunnan province is known for it's cool temperatures due to a higher altitude.

South West China: Guiyang - 90km - Anshun - 157km - Liupanshui - 116km - Xuanwei - 206km - Xintian - 205km - Shilin - 80km - Kunming

Photos from top left, clockwise - Guiyang City, Liupanshui scenery, Anshun waterfall,

Shilin stone forest (80km west of Kunming), Liupanshui scenery, Xintian/Dongchuan

colourful hills and rice terraces.

This route goes through Guizhou province, which has more minority ethnic groups

than any other region, and Yunnan province. It's a mountainous route and can have

a tropical feel around Guiyang and Liupanshui but gets cooler closer to Kunming.

South East Coast: Shanghai - 200km - Shaoxing - 88km - Shengzhou - 70km - Tiantai - 55km - Linhai - 100km - Yueqing - 40km - Wenzhou - 170km - Xiapu mud flats - 73km - Ningde - 104km - Fuzhou

This route goes from Shanghai, through Zhejiang province and into Fujian province. It's a varied route geographically and culturally. There will be more urban cycling, from Shaoxing to Linhai is mountainous, but there are also mudflats and flatter coastal roads.

Photos from top left, clockwise: Shanghai, Shaoxing old town, Tiantai mountains, Linhai Old Wall, Xiapu mudflats x2.