Mogao Caves Dunhuang

OCTOBER 5TH TO 15TH, 2011


MOVE TO CHARLEY JOHNG'S HOSTEL
By noon, we walked over to Charlie Johng’s 3rd floor and got settled in our sizeable double room with large windows overlooking a small pedestrian street. Michelle did a couple laundry loads in Charley’s semi automatic washing machine. She had to fill the thing …

... minutes up and about ten seconds down!!! Good fun, though. The next day myself, Matt, Marie & Gavin head out to the Mogao Caves. We are given an excellent and really informative tour by a lady guide who spoke fantastic English. She wisely takes us to ...

... (one blue number). I told him I will be back the next day. The next morning, I went to the famous Mogao Caves, 25 km outside of Dunhuang. The caves are amazing as they include a varietu of Buddha statues from different dynasties, most of them from ...

Wednesday, September 26th Once again my philistinian ways are revealed. The Mogao caves are unquestionably an impressive homage to Buddha. Several hundred caves are dug into a low cliff outside of Dunhuang, and many, if not ...

Entry containing 49 photos titled: Dunhuang Mogao Caves

... we quickly found a hotel and had a nap. We then planned our trip to see the World famous (first we'd heard of them) Mogao Caves. They were actually spectacular. There are about 750 caves, dating back to about 600AD carved into a cliff face perched on ...

... and CCTV 11, my favorite channel (it's the Peking opera channel).  I haven't done anything, really. I went to the Mogao Caves but they weren't open because it was raining. It was to "preserve the caves and protect guests' safety." Right.  ...

... fortunately, were driven out by the local people. ----snip--end of guide book vein So, we saw some of what remains of Mogao Caves: carved budhas and mural covered walls. I tried to appreciate the beauty and magnitude of what I was viewing, but was ...

... compter l'eau des repas etc. et on avait perpétuellement soif, c'est fou. Puis le deuxième jour, nous sommes allés au Mogao caves, d'autres cavernes un peu comme les Yungang caves qu'on a visités dans le coin de Datong, mais ...

... . Shops, even malls, street cafés higher buildings ... There is basically one main reason to come to Dunhuang - THE MOGAO CAVES. The Mogao caves are, simply put, one of the greates repositories of Buddhist art in world. Following the collapse of ...

... stupid laugh that has to be heard to be believed. Anyway, just let it be known that we overpaid to go to: Mogao Caves. Pretty interesting. This place has to be the most exxxpensive tourist destination in China--120RMB--but it really is unique. The ...