A quiet morning at the bus station. To avoid starting on a very long uphill out of shape and on the very heavy bike, I decided to take the bus up the first mountain to Guyuan eliminating 6,000 metres elevation climb in 150k. It was a small trunk so again I had to disassemble the bike but no discussions if I could bring it or a request to pay. I got the bus at 9.30 for a 4 hour journey that (not surprisingly) ended up being 7 hours despite only one 5 minute toilet break.