Dunhuang International Hotel

... ahead, or indeed as thanks for a safe return!<br><br>Dunhuang used to be very important during Silk Road times; but then Buddhism fell out of favour and gradually the grottoes virtually disappeared under the sands.<br><br>But there was always at least one 'guardian' through the ages looking after the shrines as best they could. In the early 20th century, Aurel Stein 'discovered' Dunhuang, and then he and ...

After Qinghai we left for the Gobi Desert and the city of Jiayuguan. Our first stop was Jiayuguan Fortress which is at the very end of the Great Wall. It acted as a border check station for any travelers going into or out of China. It was also attacked a few times by invaders. And they had all sorts of dangerous activities for us to try!! Refer to pictures for details. <br><br>Jiayuguan as a city though sucked. It was a pretty big city, but it was like there weren't enough ...

We spent an uneventful night in another faceless Chinese Hotel eating great food from local restaurants. Note to anyone wanting to lose weight, try a total chinese diet, it works. The morning dawned bright and clear and we set off to one of the major focal points of this part of the trip. The Mogao Caves. <br><br>Finally a tourist stop for the Tombies. Simply put this is one of the greatest deposits of Buddhist art in the world. As ...

Des nouvelles depuis Dunhuang au coeur du desert de Gobi! Ici il fait tres chaud mais l'air tres sec et on transpire a la vitesse de la lumiere, c'est ridicule!<br> <br>Les dunes commencent a 1km au sud de la ville, on les voit depuis la rue principale et elles sont d'une immensité titanesque, du moins comparativement a ce que j'ai vu au Maroc. Le Mont Royal a côté, c'est une blague. Ce sont vraiment immenses comme des ...

... we pay the admission and step into the sand dunes. There are hundreds of camels waiting to take us up to the top of the dunes for 80 yuan or take an electric car for 500 meters to the desert oasis. We walk straight up the dunes and watch the Disneyland of Sand Dunes fall behind us in the distance. The sunset up at the top is beautiful and running down on the steep sand slopes is pure adrenaline rush and the closest feeling to flying.

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... de platja dels anys 70, que sumat al rescat abusiu exigit pels segrestadors de bellesa, ens ha enviat a passeig pel desert. Les dunes son mes dificils de segrestar. Deixem als alegres turistes lemming amb els seus quads, els seus camells i les seves botes taronges fins al genoll, per no embrutar se de sorra i avancem per una plana agricola de plantacions edeniques de tardor, fins a les dunes lliures. Resseguim uns quants quilometres d ...

... cold winter time here. Yumen Pass (the Jade Gate) is 101 kilometers northwest of Dunhuang. It's a strategic pass on the ancient Silk Road, and used to be one of the two critical defensive passes protecting Dunhuang from invasion from the West about two thousand years ago. Yangguan Pass, sits 75 kilometers southwest of Dunhuang, was a gateway to the Western Region and an important pass on the Silk Road. Its ...

... to work that day until 6, and our train departed around 6:30. So I skipped out of work a bit early and went to the Guomao subway station to meet Agatha...just as we saw each other the train was about to leave, so we jumped on. We got off at the Military Museum stop for the Beijing West train station, and hurried on a motor-rickshaw to the station. We thought we would be really late, but turns out we had 20 minutes to spare...whew ...

... entre l empire du milieu et l ouest). Un nombre important de ville et d anciens sites, utilises par les voyageurs et les marchans comme halte, portent encore les traces de cette arrivee comme les grottes autour de Dunhuang qui etaient des centres important de travail et d apprentissage du Bouddhisme. Dans l apres midi, on a loue des velos pour aller voir et grimper les dunes de sables. Ici, le desert rencontre l oasis dans un cadre fantastique. Il ...