Cycle to Bai Shui He

A varied and spectacular days riding as we took back roads out of Lijiang past the
ancient villages of Su He and Baisha, famous for their 15th century Buddhist fresco paintings which depict scenes of village life.

During the day we rode along a mixture of sealed roads and packed dirt paths that took us past an intricate terraced landscape and unusual buildings such as the Yu Feng temple, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery.

We started off with quiet roads and moderate inclines and built up to two climbs before lunch, neither long but the second was on cobblestones. Soon
after we stopped for lunch at the small but pretty Jade Lade.

We continued on a few kilometres of rough dirt track before we were back onto tarmac and a welcome descent to get ready for our last but longest ascent for the day. It was seven kilometres up but the road was good, and the view is spectacular. We then had our last descent down to the valley of Bai Shui He and our home for the night, a quiet location with awesome views of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain and renowned for its crystal blue waters.

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