What a fantastic trip and great pictures. One thing, please tell me more about this darkening visor thing...that sounds fantastic!!
It absolutely is. Photochromic lens, so it will transition from perfectly clear to dark smoke depending on ambient light. And it changes fairly quickly, so you are never caught out with it being too dark or not dark enough. Ride home started out bright and sunny and quickly went pitch black when the thunderstorms hit. Swapping a visor in the downpour would have been a damned nuisance.
The only downside are the cost - eaily twice or more what a standard visor would be - and the fact that only SHOEI and Bell seem to have licensed the technology. Of course, China doesn't care about patents and such like, so there are knockoffs available from Ali Express, etc.
https://youtu.be/2RCJCNo6Ass?si=ZW48RYmCAFmPlDI0