'The trip was accomplished in 10 days' driving, the car.keeping average of nearly 270 miles a do; 'The greatest distance traversed in a single day was 493 miles. 'The frst op was Hangchow, and from there the route taken was Hwelchow, Kintehcheng, 'Tsaling, on the border of Hunan and Kiangsi, where a new bridge is being built,' back to Non-chang, on to Changsha, "Hengyang, the principal station on the Hankow-Canton Raflway, and then along the now road from Honan to Kwangsi, Kweilin, Liuchow, Kevelchow, "and finally Yunnanfu, where the "party arrived on February 18. A detour was made to Tsaling in order to discover. whether the bridge which to hold the motor road was completed, This bridge 1s now nearing completion, and then it will be possible to take a much more direct route to Yunnanfu.
There 1s no necessity buy any special cence to make a long trip of this kind, all that is required being the ordinary Chinese cence. If a motorist remains more than one week in a province, however, he must buy a licence entitling him to continue driving in that province, Careful plans have to be made as to where the next load of gasoline will be obtained, and enquiries made arriving at a town to find out where the garages selling gasoline fre situated. The prices are extremely high in some provinces, owing, presumably, to the difficulty of transporting gasoline to the Interior. Tt is carried on mule back for the whole of the distance.
In Kweichow, gasoline 1s $14 for five gallons, in Yunnan if is $12 for the same quantity. In Kwangsi, five gallons cost $9. On this particular trip, the tank was fied with 14 gallons each time, all being carried inthe ear.
Trouble with Gasoline 'The party had. trouble with, their gasoline on four occasions, owing to the presence of water in their petrol supply. 'The reason for "this was according to Mr. 'Tun, probably' that the cans in which it" was being Yeaked, and' water was Jet in during the process of repair. There is a gradient of 14 per cent. the hills traversed "en two hour limb was necessary. before reaching the top. Tt was, therefore, extremely Jawicward for the.car to stop _while the process of ascending such slope. the fand made up for it by. having. hearty evening meal at some restaur~ fant in the city where they were Spending the night In' Chekiang. charge was made for the. motor ferries, in Kiangsi the' ferries. were Provided free of charge, including who motor boats, in Honan those under man power'. were free, - while "a. charge was made for. motor ferries. In Kowangtung,. all ferries were provided free, roads for most.of the way were up to the same standard the Shanghs\-Hangchoy. motor. road, with some exceptions, where the roads were in a disgraceful state, 'The scenery along the way is magnificent,. with woodland, hill and waterfalls, and at the other en of the journey lies Kunming, 6,600 feet above sea level, which' Mr. un considers to be an ideal place for a summer resort. No doubt when when more motorists venture forth his route, Kunming will develop into a second Kuling.
(Mr. Tun saw during his trip one of the first cars ever to be made in China, a motor bus which was one jot four turned out by the. firm Hong Yueh, Honan, and presented ito the provincial government.
Atter spending d few days—la Yunnanfu, where he left. his car behind to be sold by a friend, Mr. Tun travelled down to Hanoi by train, from there to Canton by plane, Jand up to Shanghai by plane. The Jother three members of. the party returned to. Shangbai ty train. In addition to being the first party to travel as far as Yunnanfu from /Shanghal by car, they were also the rst to travel by car from Shanghai through the provinces of "Yunnan, /Kwelchow and Kwangs!.
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