We found a fitting welcome at the edge of Tangyin, Jiangxi province where we went specifically to see some old architecture and ended up being harassed by a group of Foreign Affairs Bureau scum who made the trip over from Yihuang, the county seat, to "have tea" with us.
Tomorrow we should hit the northernmost point of our trip. Unfortunately there's no time left to touch the actual Mongolian border :( 2010-08-30
Expected to find grassland up here, but that (along with actual Mongolians apparently) has been wiped out and replaced w/ cultivated fields. 2010-08-30
Also finally got off national highway 110! Now making way east on dirt roads. Camping in field of sunflowers tonight with mountain backdrop. 2010-08-30
Wind settled down and road conditions was paved. Evan was sick but we finally got over 100km, which we need to average back to Beijing! 2010-08-30