Now sadly I have to say goodbye to them after only a very brief reunion. Waving them off, and choked with not a small dose of adventure-envy, I snapped madly as they disappeared into the early morning diesel fumes.
[News from the road 24 hours later: all well and happy]
[Mon Oct 29: More good news from the road: a safe arrival in Xinjie after a memorable but huge 7 hour all uphill climb to the capital of the magical Yuanyang rice terraces region. Tired, but again very happy.]