Am riding to Simatai in a van full of backpacker tourists from Australia, NZ and elsewhere. One of them has taken 3 mths off to trek in Beijing, Morocco, Italy and France. Morocco sounds interesting.
The highways are well developed - much like the good parts of NH8 to Delhi or interior parts of US. While I see fields, plantations on either side, it's all developed. We are just 1.5 hrs outside Beijing. The real trips must lie in the west coast.
The vegetation looks like India. If I were to not look at signs or people I wouldn't know. We are going up a mountain right now - a mini one. I don't see dead animals on the highway. It also worries me that am sitting next to the driver and this seat has no belt. And our friend here likes to overtake from the wrong side of the highway.
Poor people look a tad better off than the poor in India. Everyone, everywhere smokes. People cycle a lot and mopeds are very common.
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