Jiaotong Hotel Jiayuguan
No.1 Lanxin West Road Jiayuguan, Gansu, China
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Getting out of Xi'an
... cold, hard seats of the train station, unable to sleep. Every now and then I tried to ask, in broken Chinese, when the train was going to depart and every time the response was: 'I don’t know!’
Finally after 14 hours of waiting the electronic information board showed a departure time of 3:35pm. About ½ hour before it was due to leave, Alex decided to go outside for some fresh air and something to eat, after vomiting a few moments beforehand. So ...
Silk Road, Day 4: 嘉峪关
... of tiring stairs, but not quite as difficult or as many. The view from the top part of the reconstructed wall was very interesting because you could see factories, farmland, and mountains! I think this was the third part of the Great Wall that I saw. I realized that the wall looked different at every place we went. I was told this was because when it was built, the builders would use resources that ...
Silk Road, Day 3: 嘉峪关
... saw puppies in bicycle baskets! They were so tiny and cute!! We also watched this water show in the park. The fountain would squirt out water at varying heights and speeds following the background music. It was pretty cool :] Also, in the distance, there was a GIANT DOLPHIN!! :D It was soooo cute, but so random. At night time, the dolphin glows!!! I have no idea why Jiayuguan had a giant dolphin structure, but it totally made my day <3
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More about the Great Wall
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At the eastern end of the Ming Great Wall.
... taxi driver, whom gave me a good price for a tour out to Jiayuguan pass, a fort on the frontier of the Ming dynasty empire.
Actually the tour included more than I thought it would. First I was taken to the 'overhanging Great Wall’, which as it turns out is very modern. You can see the original wall crossing the desert, then it ...


