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Dunhuang - The Gobi Desert
... Not far from Dunhuang I also visited the Mogao Caves famous for some of the finest examples of Buddhist art. The caves date back to the 4th century, however they came to real prominence in 1900 when a massive stash of scriptures, art and books were found in a sealed cave. Needless to say the American & European archeologists bought and removed many of the treasures, some of which are now in the British ...
Godric the Geriatric Camel
... it is probably the clearest indication so far of the mixing that occurred along the silk road - of languages, religions and cuisine. All the signage is in chinese and arabic, with a fair smattering of russian too. The city has a very visible Uigur community (muslim chinese that take more from Central Asia than eastern China) and food that looks very turkish is common here.
On arriving at the hotel (a chinese monstrosity packed with business men and 'ladies of ...
Stop over in the desert of Dunhuang
... short stop over to Xinjiang province unforgettable. But on 6.30am the alarm was ringing as we had to catch the train in LiuYang which was two hours by taxi from Dunhuang away. The sunrise was beautiful cruising across the desert on a bumpy road to the LiuYang where we catch the next train (22 hours) to Ku Che (Koqa, in Xinjiang province). Just finished dinner - two different plates of vegies and meat - no further details available - I am happy to upload my updates hopefully soon ;)
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Edge of the Gobi
... All buses stop at the same four stops to let their passengers off to take photos and walk among the sandstone piles. If you miss your bus, you just hop on the one behind. By the time our tour was finished, we had to wait for some of our fellow van passengers who had fallen further behind than us. Perhaps we were a bad influence on them. During our tour, the sun tried to burn through. It got fairly bright by the end of our visit ...
The Dunhuang Silk Road Hotel
... to dinner at the same night market outside our hostel that we'd gone to the night before. We can read enough Chinese characters to select a varied meal of meat, vegetables, and noodles or rice.
At about 8:30, when the sun was setting, we took a taxi to the plush Dunhuang Silk Road Hotel, where we had drinks on the roof and looked out at the dunes as the sun set. ...
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