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==Hitching Out/In==
 
==Hitching Out/In==
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* Coming from [[Laos]], [[Mengla]] will probably be the first city you enter. It's likely that ATMs don't work for you unless you use the VISA cash advance feature, so make sure you have some cash. If you don't have Yuan, US dollars, Hong Kong dollars, Euro, and Japanese yen can be converted only at certain banks far from the centre, and not in the middle of the day. There are guesthouses for 40-60 Yuan but most have no English sign so look for the character "馆". Buying a map of '''Yunnan''' (10 Yuan, in Chinese only) and a dictionary (18 Yuan) will prove to be very useful later on. [[Kunming]] is still 866 kilometers away.
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* Coming from [[Laos]], [[Mengla]] will probably be the first city you enter.
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Heading to [[Dali]], [[Lijinag]] and north to [[Sichuan]], hitching directly towards Dali on the more western route is not easy and not recommended for first-timers. As with all "side roads" in China (and this includes 90% of the non-toll-way roads) there are a lot fewer cars, a lot more people who ask for payment (sometimes at the end of the drive) and a lot fewer people who stop for a hand gesture. The view is amazing though.
 
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That's why coming from Laos it is more common to hitchhike on the main road to Kunming and from there travel the extra 300 KM towards the west. unless you are into adventure (like walking for hours with no cars and sleeping in a kids' pottery school), stick to the instructions above.
 
  
 
* When you're going to [[Laos]] you can get a 30 day [[Laos]] visa on arrival in [[Boten]]. You will need a blank page in your passport.
 
* When you're going to [[Laos]] you can get a 30 day [[Laos]] visa on arrival in [[Boten]]. You will need a blank page in your passport.

Latest revision as of 14:59, 29 October 2013

Amylin hitching in Luoping

Yunnan is a province in the southwest of China. It's the most pluralistic province of China and is a relatively undeveloped area. Hitchhiking is quite doable, though a lot easier on the main routes to and from the capital of Kunming than on other roads. Even when going from Kunming it's better to choose a "bigger" road than a shorter route, as roads in Yunnan tend to go through mountains and leave you breathless from the beauty and lack of transport. The thumb sign is sometimes understood. Hardly anyone speaks any English.

Hitching Out/In

  • Coming from Laos, Mengla will probably be the first city you enter.
  • When you're going to Laos you can get a 30 day Laos visa on arrival in Boten. You will need a blank page in your passport.
  • There is a new highway between Laos and Mengla-Jinghong which will cut travel time by half, or even more - take this into account when reading up on travel stories from the early 2000s.

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