Riding South of Colorful Clouds D25-26, (Puwen~Ning’er~Customs Clearance)
Wen/Xiao: On March 15, 2023, it was 11-27 degrees from Puwen to Ning’er.
Pu’er is famous for its “Pu’er tea”, one of the top ten famous teas in China.
Today is our 25th day riding in the south of Caiyun.
Today, we are riding in the Pu’er region, with tea trees covered with mountains and fields, and the promotion of tea farms, tea factories, and ancient tea horse paths along the way can be seen everywhere.
A strong intangible cultural heritage of tea culture permeates people’s hearts.
We cycled 50 kilometers to Pu’er City and arrived at the Ancient Tea Horse Road.
The Ancient Tea Horse Road was built after the Tang Dynasty, especially the Tea Horse Road that led to Kunming, Tibet, Lancang, Myanmar, and other places during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China.
It transported Pu’er tea out of the country using the caravan as the main means of transportation, while transporting back living goods.
It was known as the Southern Silk Road.
The film “Bells Ringing in the Mountains” was a true portrayal before the 1950s.
After leaving Pu’er City for more than 10 kilometers, we arrived at the “Nakoli” Ancient Tea Horse Road, which has been built into a tourist town along the ancient Tea Horse Road.
Nakoli is an important post station on the ancient Tea Horse Road in the ancient Pu’er Prefecture, and is the birthplace of the “Horse Gang Love Song” sung by CCTV.
Here, two small rivers spiral and converge here, bordering on mountains and rivers, with a good ecological environment.
There are relatively well preserved ruins of the Ancient Tea Horse Road.
Today, I cycled 88 kilometers to Ning’er Hani Autonomous County and checked into Chenxi Hotel.
Take a break on the way to buy oranges to quench your thirst.
The cool pavilion on the Ancient Tea Horse Road in Kori.
The Corrigou Post Road.
Today, I cycled 88 kilometers from Puwen to Ning’er County and checked into Chenxi Hotel.
Riding in the South of Colorful Clouds D26, (Ning’er to Customs Clearance) On March 16, 2023, the shower turned clear 11-26 degrees.
Our original departure time was at 7:30 every day, but at 7:10, a heavy rain broke through.
At 7:00 in the morning, we were almost ready.
Suddenly, the sky flashed and thundered, and a strong wind blew.
Later, a heavy rain fell from the sky, leaving guests in rainy days.
We had to wait for a reply from the day, This is the first heavy rain we have encountered in 26 days since we started.
The rain in Yunnan is not like the continuous rain in Sichuan for several days.
At 8:30 in the morning, the rain is getting smaller and smaller.
The clouds are opening and the rain is dispersing, and the sun’s father-in-law is smiling again, as if teasing us and saying, “I’m kidding you.
The rain is to wash the dust off our hard riding for over 20 days.
At 8:40, we set off in the light rain.”.
Today’s journey is still riding along National Highway 213, also known as the “Lanmo Line”.
G213 is the Ejinazek Yunnan Mohan Port Highway in northwest China’s Inner Mongolia.
It is a connecting national highway in northwest and southwest China, passing through five provinces, namely Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan, with a total mileage of about 4136 kilometers.
Today, starting from Ning’er, we were all walking up and down the mountain.
The road sections were full of sharp turns and the roads were narrow and narrow.
We couldn’t see a car passing for half a day.
The main reason was that the road was dangerous, and all the cars were on the highway.
Today, I climbed a slope of more than 30 kilometers, cycled 78 kilometers to Tongguan Town, Hani Autonomous County, Mojiang, and checked into Jianhua Inn.
At 8:40 in the morning, the rain stopped and we started from the Chenxi Hotel.
It didn’t all stop raining when we started, so it’s safer to wear a raincoat.
The rain has stopped and the road is still slippery.
Be careful and slow on the road when riding.
Riding in the tea countryside.
A winding mountain road, a slow climber.
Starting in the morning, I climbed a long slope of 5 kilometers.
Climbing to the top of the slope and seeing a continuous descent of 11 kilometers, I felt a burst of joy.
Every day is a long slope that cannot be climbed.
The 74 year old urchin climbed to the top of the slope and danced with joy.
Others thought he was crazy, and if he wasn’t crazy, he would grow old.
Climbing a hill is a test of one’s perseverance.
Climb to the top of the mountain to see the small mountains.
Climbing up the mountain, there is the pass town ahead.
Songshan Reservoir.
It’s a lie to say that climbing a hill is not tiring.
Tonight, stay at Jianhua Inn, Tongguan Town, Hani Autonomous County, Mojiang.
The boss said that not eating “Yellow Braised Chicken” when we come to the customs is tantamount to coming in vain.
Every house on the customs street is filled with yellow braised chicken, so let’s try it.
It really deserves its reputation.
Related link: “Riding in the South of Colorful Clouds”.
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