On our cycling trip around China’s Yunnan province we tried butter tea, a drink typical of the Himalayan region in China, Nepal, India and Bhutan. Made from tea leaves, yak butter, water and salt, its high calorific content makes it a good thing to consume at the region’s high altitudes. We drank ours at a roadside shack, watching […]
Yunnan
Escaping the Golden Week crowds: cycling in Yunnan
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve read or been told, that travelling in China during public holidays is a big no-no, that the hordes of people returning home or getting away on holiday would make for an agonising reminder of just how many people inhabit this vast country. This is particularly true […]