Roads

Roads on the plateau are a little different from roads in the west. If it is on the map as a main road it most likely has a road surface of some kind, but that is not guaranteed. On our Yushu trip it happened several times that the road surface just stopped and we suddenly were driving on a dirt road. At one point I noticed a very large dust cloud behind us and when I looked at our speedometer I realised to my amazement that we were doing 80 kmph (50 mph) on a little dirt road. Maybe I am getting to used to the roads around here.