Dunhuang Grand Hotel
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Dunhuang - The Gobi Desert
... no cranes dotting the skyline. It's the Gobi Desert and snow capped mountains hover on the horizon. It is a long way and it feels a million miles from Beijing and the eastern cities.
From my hotel there are wonderful views of the dunes, known locally as The Singing Sand (Mingsha) Mountains. Up close they are an impressive sight. It is a popular tourist spot, with camel rides and paragliding.
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Godric the Geriatric Camel
... bald guy - even though he claims he wasn't scared.
Urumqi is a dump. Some trivia - it is the farthest city in the world from any ocean (2250 miles), as well as being one of China's most polluted. Given the temperature is a sweaty 85 degrees here, it makes it a bit miserable. It is a fairly artificial city created by the Chinese government to exert some control over the strategically important, resource rich, and independent minded (Uigur majority) western ...
Stop over in the desert of Dunhuang
... a Quad (4 wheel bike) in the nearby sand dunes while watching the camels giving the Chinese tourists a ride to the crescent spring. Although the place was rather touristy (Chinese only though) it was an amazing feeling to end after a few days in part of the Gobi desert. The sunrise we were watching from the rooftop terrace of our hotel with a cool beer in hand (still enjoying every single one before entering Pakistan!).
The blue sky and the massive sand dunes ...
Edge of the Gobi
... driver protested. He wanted all his people to be on the same bus. We said we weren't going unless we had a good seat. They (the driver and some of our fellow passengers) got a tourist from Hong Kong who spoke good English to explain the situation. We let her know we understood the situation completely but were not getting on the overcrowded bus. They relented and drove off without us and we got on the next bus 15 minutes later. ...
The Dunhuang Silk Road Hotel
... bikes because there wasn't enough demand for them. I asked Charlie what else we could do in an afternoon and he told us that since we'd already done the caves and the dunes, and since we didn't have time for an excursion outside the city, there wasn't anything we could do.
So, we read for a couple of hours then walked to a nearby cafe for coffee. After that, we rested ...
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