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[[Image:Amylin-luoping-china-2.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[amylinUser:Amylin|Amylin]] hitching in [[Luoping]]]]'''Yunnan''' is a province in the South West southwest of [[China]]. It's the most pluralistic province of China and is a relatively poor undeveloped area. Hitchhiking is quite doable - , though a lot easier on the main routes to and from the capital of [[Kunming]] than on other roads. Even when going from Kunming it's better to choose a "bigger" road than a shorter route, as roads in Yunnan tend to go through mountains and leave you breathless from the beauty and lack of transport. The ''thumb'' sign is widely sometimes understood. Hardly anyone speaks any English though.

==Hitching Out/In?==*Coming from [[Laos]], [[MunglaMengla]] will probably be the first city you enter. It's likely that ATMs don't work for you, so make sure you have some cash, there are guesthouses for 40 Yuan. Buying a map of '''Yunnan''' (10 Yuan, in Chinese only) and a dictionary (18 Yuan) will prove to be very useful later on. [[Kunming]] is still 866 kilometers away.

*When you're going to [[Laos]] you can get a 30 day [[Laos]] Visa visa on arrival in [[Boten]]. You will need a blank page in your passport. * There is a new highway between Laos and Mengla-Jinghong which will cut travel time by half, or even more - take this into account when reading up on travel stories from the early 2000s.