Try to avoid traveling on the road on rainy or snowy days, especially if you are going to / from the mountain areas. Most of these areas have not yet been fully developed and their very narrow, winding roads become especially dangerous when it’s raining or snowing.
In fact, there are many fatal car accidents every year due to the poor road condition in the mountain areas. And the local government is aware of this that it blocks the roads in the mountains whenever it rains/snows heavily. It will be so bad if you are in the middle of your 8-hour ride, only to learn that you can’t proceed any further but change your plan, or even worse, cancel your trip and head back to wherever you are from.
i am your friend on fb…haha wow you been to my dream land…home of pu erh tea cakes…hahaha yah well just looking for your infos and found this…bye…
Hi Louie!
Yes, Yunnan is definitely worth visiting! Take a trip there whenever possible 
It’s funny how you bumped to my travel blog