Feasible Trip Through the Hinterland: 7,000 Miles, Shanghai to Peiping via Yunnanfu By Ww. nut teri of ait North-China Herald" specta correspondent mot otto, ure pene ides on seven southern provinces, which Waa? autumn, "now la Youring dri Artletes fit appear from. time to tim explored western "section "of say jeny,1 had the time"—they all for China's modern highways to m when T got back last winter from 6 tour by motor bus in the South. "What do you mean by China?" T asked susplelously.
Yunnan, and Szechuen," he. airily, "They are both connected up with Shanghai nowadays, A trip by ear in those parts would be a de-Vghhttul holiday.'
must confess that I was at frst completely sceptical, as are doubt-Jess some readers, but on studying. road maps and after careful enquiry Jes, 1 found that such a trip would actually be quite "feasible, "though whether so delightful, I should inclined to withald judgment until T had tried it, 'There isa motor road running penetically due west from Shanghai vid Hangchow, Huichow Na Anhui) and Nanchang' (capital of Kiungal) to Changsha (capital of Hunan)—about '760 miles, T have' been over about halt of it in motor buses, From Changsha one has the choice of twoulternative routes to Yunnanfu:
northern route through nor pet stern "Hunan, via Changtahy to Heetya apitol, of -Kulechow, then' straight west fo Yunnentu=:
2"aistanes of "about. 1.160 miles.
pit Upto. kedelya nen west foulthern' route enough Kvanest Yunantuly ge about 100" mies Tenger' than the othe At Kaifeng one would have to cross the Yellow River, and the 60 odd" miles north from there to Tamingfu in southern Hopel are like-to be the most diMeutt part of the whole trip, a literal ploughing of the sands, as I gather from the accounts of two other travellers who did the trip by car. from Shanghai some time ego, From. Tamingtu there is a highway of sorts—almost Beyond Yunnanfu the motor road continues another 250 miles northwest to Talifu and ends there, only about eight, days' march from' the Burma frontier, "How to Get Home"
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