THE MAP - Initial travel plans

So here you go.

A map, full with details of the initially planned route for my travels. At least as much details as I could afford to spend the time to put in.

I didn't end up doing the full counting - but it seems like 20~50 minority groups, ~5 religions (not including the classic 3), ~10 mountains, a few rivers, a few gorges, and quite a few villages. Should be interesting to do the hour-count for bus rides.

This is just the initial plan - so no real idea how things will actualy evolve - but should give some good context for some of the stories to come.

Here are the map - some more info and tips/ how-to-read for viewing below.

First part: Landing and starting in Kunming, ending in Chengdu.
Yunnan and Sichuan.


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Second part: - Continuing from Chengdu and ending in Chengdu, going clockwise.
Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan.


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The route is split into 2 maps (technical lmitations), which can roughly represent a first and a second part of the overall route, nicely split at Chengdu.

Also, I will have to leave China and come back at some point in September, due to my Visa restrictions - options for where and when are left open for now.

Once you opt into any of the map-manipulation suggestions below, you might want to use Chrome browser - for some improved performance and speed ...

You can click above any of the markers for some additional information.

Change to Satellite view ('Sat' Button) to get a quick feeler of the landscape, or go full blast and try viewing with Earth ('Earth' button).

Points marked in Trquoise are options around the main route (loosely followed rule).