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| 26th
May to 30th May Nannua Days 248 - 252 |
Nannua to Lu Feng - 117km - turns out as a
dry day - at last - and we ride concertedly to make our best total for
quite some time. Unfortunately we slip into old habits and do not arrive
until after dark but at least we are within striking distance of Kunming. 105km draws us into our first real Chinese metropolis. We feel it from some 50km out and it builds into a real 'Mega City'. The city is ordered and modern - complete with its own orbital road and flyover. However, for all the streaming motorcars and lorries - the bicycle is certainly still king here - in 'The Spring City'. The sun shines on us - and we arvel at this space age city. The contrast we feel is like nothing
before. After so many weeks in the wild and small villages this monster
of 3.5 million takes the breath away. Forget any romantic notion that
you may have held of China - this is modern, shiny, hamburgers, thick
shakes, treelined boulevards city slicking. None of us can really
comprehend it - and one things for sure - we can see that China is not a
poor country - Kunming and its inhabitants are booming- and on their way
to an economy - that when one thinks about the number of people here -
will be frightening.
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