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Edelweiss?
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Dog-Rose?
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Descending to the Jinsha River valley. The landscape is changing dramatically: red ground and sub-tropical trees.
Road S226, Tangdui, Yunnan
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Small water fall along S226, Yunnan
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Amazing gorge along the S226, Yunnan
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Up on the mountains the road G214 that brought us to Shangri-La.
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Rice paddies in the steep valley. Road S226, Yunnan
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Our last stupa. S226, Yunnan
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Narrow valleys on the Jinsha River, Yunnan
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For the 3rd time we are cycling along the Jinsha River, so we decided to camp on its shores.
Jinsha River, Yunnan
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Jinsha River, Yunnan
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Hot water from solar energy, Yunnan
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Harvesting time, Yunnan
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Butcher, Weixi, Yunnan.
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A delicious meal, Weixi, Yunnan
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Guest house in Weixi (we didn't sleep here, we just took the picture).
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Waiting for?
Road S225, Weixi, Yunnan
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Harvesting time, Weixi, Yunnan
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Hobo and corn fields, Weixi, Yunnan
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Daniele trying to flatten the terrain.
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Hidden in the corn field, Weixi, Yunnan
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Heading to the Mekong river valley, road S225, Weixi, Yunnan
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Smoke, Weixi, Yunnan
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Building a monument, Weixi, Yunnan
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Officially out of tibetan area, into the People Republic of China.
Weixi, Yunnan
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Up the pass.
Road S225, Weixi, Yunnan
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Celebrating the pass with tibetan flags.
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Road maintenance, S225, Weixi, Yunnan
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A very particular herd.
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The shephard
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Once again camping in the corn field.
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Spider
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Local market along the road S225, Weixi, Yunnan
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Local market along the road S225, Weixi, Yunnan
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Local market along the road S225, Weixi, Yunnan
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Trees up to the top of the mountains, we are of the tibetan plateau.
Small village and rice paddies.
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Road maintenance.
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Gathering the dinner
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Gathering the dinner
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Hobos like new asphalt!
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Gathering the dinner
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Lancang River, better know as Mekong
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Stop at the side of the road, ask for water and you receive an invitation for lunch!
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Han woman
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Chinese people love chilly
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Chinese people love chilly
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Lancang River
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Lancang River
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Like movie stars
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Tibetan family on holiday
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Tibetan girl
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Tibetan man
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Tibetan man
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Tibetan family on holiday
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Just to keep us trained, a stretch of dirt track
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Road under construction
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Pipes
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Lancang River
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Dump
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Motorbike
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Chinese roof
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Dump
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Chinese people love playing cards
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Han kid
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Always connected
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Road grocery
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Han woman
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Corns
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China, Yunnan
Lancang River
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Lancang River