29 June β China (Sichuan) β ~275 miles
Yet another day of riding at 4,000+m, several passes, all the twisty and switchback roads which come with such passes, absolutely insane local drivers, nice scenery, etc, etc.
All ending up in the rather lovely city of Kangding… staying at the Love Song Hotel. Named after some love song which Kangding and surrounding scenery inspired. And yeah – it is the sort of place which could inspire songs – a river running through the middle of the main road outside (splitting the directional lanes), and forest-covered hills surrounding us. Nice.
Not much more to say really, other than copy-pasting the descriptions of riding from the last week or so.
I didn’t even bother putting the GoPro on today… how many hours of footage of riding great twisty roads with a spectacular scenic backdrop do I really need? Even stopping to take photos… I had to force myself to take a token couple.
Today was probably the worst day of local drivers seeming to deliberately stop bikes from passing. A few times I’ve just leaned on the horn until they either get out of the way, or – more likely – until they inadvertently leave a big enough gap to accelerate past. Apparently some other riders got to the point where they were banging on the windows of some driver, yelling and demanding he explain just what the hell he thought he’d been doing for the last several miles.
