Dunhuang Guangyuan Hotel

... were amazing, and I will never forget the most wonderful reclining Buddha, as well as the incredible frescoes - the colours still so bright, due to the dry conditions. <br>Photography is not allowed inside the grottoes, so the photos I have included come from:<br>http://www.chinamuseums.com/du nhuang_mogao.htm<br><br>Dinner was a great Mongolian Hotpot; <br> <br>and then the last overnight train - to Turpan.<br>

... so I'll take her word for it. <br><br>Our last night in Dunhuang we camped in the Gobi desert! And, of course, even though it hadn't rained in 6 months, it rained the night we were there. The dunes were just like the giant sand dunes that you see movies. After we set up our tent a bunch of us started hiking up different sand dunes. The dunes are really deceptive because there is no frame of reference when your in the desert; everything looks the same. A dune looks like it is ...

... of the caves and the encroaching sands of the Gobi desert effectively sealed the site for centuries. <br><br>Wealthy traders and important officials were the main donors responsible for creating the new caves as they stopped to pray before attempting the infamous Taklimakan desert wastelands to the west. There are some great photos on the web of these traders. Just use Google Images and the cave name. Even I was impressed as we were ...

... des serpents qui s'étaient promenés près des tentes (!!), mais sans danger ce sont de minuscules serpents qui cherchent a manger des petits geckos.<br> <br>On sait pas si vous étiez au courant au Québec ici en Chine il y a eu une éclipse totale de soleil, qui a dure a peu près 6 minutes sous le ciel de Shanghai. A Dunhuang ca se passait pendant qu'on revenait du trek. On était trop au nord pour que l'éclipse soit ...

... benefit from the financial crisis, but we&#8217;ll take it!<br><br>There are no cameras allowed inside so you&#8217;ll have to google to get the images from the Mogao Caves. Also en.wikipedia.org/Dunhuang These caves can be massive and with only sunlight filtering in from the front door and lighting the ancient statues and wall paintings, the entire place feels mysterious. The statues carved during those eras are much more lively ...

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... in China.Durch die Anwendung der neuesten Software-Algorithmus und den Mechanismus für Präzisions-Maschinenbau, die ...

... to the hotel, we had an okay night's rest. Our hotel room was pretty shabby, with communal toilets and showers, but what can you expect for like 20RMB/night? It did the job. Oct 1 - We woke up and met the driver (Shi Peng) and headed for Yumen Pass (Jade Gate Pass). It's not very interesting. Really just a big square building in the middle of nowhere, but it's an important historical location. It was crucial as a water station on ...

... wasn't sure really what the landscape around the town was, the last I saw was mountain and snow really. This is desert country. There were a few hills around but not much. I could see loads of stars and a few lights in the distance but not enough for it to be a town. Then there was a sudden bang beneath me and a lot of loud noise. We stopped and most of the men got off to have a look and smoke. We kept going but a lot slower. The noise was there but not too bad. I ...