I'm entertaining the idea of going up to a place at altitude just for a little vacation over my winter break.
I'm looking for a place that I could stay for cheap, nothing special. I am just interested in seeing what training at 7000+ feet would feel like. It's half a curiosity thing, half just wanting to get away.
Any ideas?
Puebla, Mexico, bra
LIJIANG CHINA!!!!
7,500 feet. No pollution, friendly locals, great hotels for about US$12/night, great food for about US$5/day. Beautiful mountains, cool-not-cold weather....all the elements are there for AWESOME training. I will report back to Lijiang on 27November.
I will do most all of my training for Hamburg in Lijiang. Today I just got my plane ticket to Hamburg, so I am set.
jason
Accomodations seem cheap, but what do you recommend for travel? Flights are ... not cheap, or at least that I've been finding.
Where do you fly in to? What is the best way to travel?
Albuquerque, that is where Khalid K, Paula Radcliffe, Alan Webb, and Eddy Helebuyck spend their winters.
Most places at 7,000ft in CO are snow covered or hit or miss, NM sounds like a better idea.
To get to Yunnan, the best way is to fly to BKK (Bangkok). Right now UAL is the best deal, about US$700 roundtrip, and you get about 17,000 frequent flier miles out of the trip.
In BKK, you should stay about a week and have some fun and get your Chinese visa and also a plane ticket on ChinaYunnanAirlines to Kunming.
I think that it is best to stay in Kunming (or take a bus to Dali, same alt. of 6,200 feet) and train for about 10 days to acclimatize, then you can go up to Lijiang and Zhongdian.
Living expenses in China are very low, the most expensive thing is the plane ticket. BKK-Kunming round trip is about US$180.
They are not the best but I learned from experience:
Cameron Highlands , Malaysia - (+ -)2250 feet (not too high and not too low, nice for beginners). I went there only twice, its nice place but too f*cking boring, it's isolated from the rest of the cities. No malls, no nothing. air 3-5%polluted. cool weather. 15celcius min.
Genting Highlands Awana, Malaysia - (+ -)3000 feet (world runner's standard but I found most of the trails are not usable as the hill climbs are so killing that you had to walk. air is 15-25% polluted. less cool. 18celcius min
Bogor, West Java, Indonesia - (+ -)4300 feet, the best place, best spice foods, best price after china, but certainly food is f*cking cheap; hard to find good shoes, but air 20% polluted I may say. You can survive with 2-3U$ in this place per day.
karangasem.
Mt. Rogers in VA right off of I-81 near Abingdon, VA and Marion, VA. Mt. Rogers is cheap to travel too, tri-cities airport (Bristol, TN) and get a cabin in Galax,VA for a few weeks at nothing. Mt. Rogers is close to 6000ft. That is where I will be heading!
Nick
Karangasem, I will come to Bogor....sounds great!
How is the weather in Bogor? Cool or Hot?
jason
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