中国107 - a new cycling friend (Bama to Tiangyang)

中国106 - lakeside (Nongteng to Bama)

中国105 - famous on Chinese TikTok (Nongteng)

中国104 -  Land of 700 valleys (Du'An to Qibainong)

中国103 - lost in the Karsts (Lalia to Du'An)

Today was just a great ride. I managed to avoid the National Routes for almost the entire day. The rural roads are AWESOME. They are paved, windy, and quiet. I passed through many small agricultural communities and got many double takes.

Most of the hillsides this morning were planted for lumber. The trees were very skinny, I think they are used for making plywood! I passed a few plywood factories on the outskirts of Luzhai. Or at least that's what I think they were. 

Luzhai was pretty weird. One on side of the train tracks were these giant apartment buildings with roads as wide as the interstate. It was basically empty. You could have filmed an apocalypse movie there without needing to even close dow the sidewalk. On the other side of the train tracks was a bustling old town where I had to squeeze in with all of the scooters and play dodgecar. 

The afternoon was dominated by sugar cane. I found myself on many small roads that went right through the sugar cane fields. It was all I could see! Perhaps instead of a corn maze, they could have a sugar cane maze!

The town I am staying in has a giant agricultural market. They were selling everything you could possibly need to start a large farm. Unfortunately I pulled in right as it was closing. 

I am the first foreigner to stay in this hotel so they had to call and ask about how to register foreigners. 

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Ian Caragol

中国99日 - sugarcane lane (Toupai to Dongquan)

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中国107 - a new cycling friend (Bama to Tiangyang)

中国106 - lakeside (Nongteng to Bama)

中国105 - famous on Chinese TikTok (Nongteng)

中国104 - Land of 700 valleys (Du'An to Qibainong)

中国103 - lost in the Karsts (Lalia to Du'An)

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