Jinquan Hotel Jiuquan
No.2 Chang men Road Jiuquan, Gansu, 735000, China
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Getting out of Xi'an
So far on this trip we have taken numerous train and bus rides, often over long distances, with language barriers and on over-crowded conveyances. Until now we had not experienced lengthy delays like what we experienced in Xi'an.
Besides the obligatory visit to the Terracotta Warriors and the novelty of being in a walled city, we will probably remember Xi’an for all the wrong reasons. We were in Xi’an for 4 days and it rained for over half of those ...
Silk Road, Day 4: 嘉峪关
... thought it was kind of creepy to stand in the last room of the tomb because that was where his body was put O.o Regardless, I thought it was pretty cool still.
When we went to the Overhanging Great Wall, it was still freezing cold and it even started to rain a bit when we started our hike up the wall. Walking up the Overhanging Great Wall kind of reminded me of the Koko Head hike. It was a ...
Silk Road, Day 3: 嘉峪关
This morning, we went to this really nice hotel for breakfast. We got to sit outside and the view was of the awesome sand dunes :] They had really good jiaozi and watermelon! Sadly, after the yummy breakfast, we had to hop onto the bus and drive forever to reach our next city, Jiayuguan. The drive was pretty interesting. We drove through the Gobi desert, but it was rather rocky and not that scenic. I think I slept through most of it… I ...
More about the Great Wall
... 23830;,气势 ;十分壮观ᦁ 2;崖底水声ě 72;天,崖岸( 644;土松动, 1313;分危险。No thing but a big pile of mound, however it is strategically located on cliff bank of the Laolai River. It's the starting point of the Ming greatwall that eventually stretches all the way to Shan Hai Guan (which meets the Pacific ...
Hello 4 star (hotel, not petrol...)
... is the border with Tajikistan, the town itself seems to consist of some squat toilets, a shop, a petrol station and a guesthouse, and to the east is a long, hilly, rocky, high road to China. In the Sari-Tash guesthouse that night, there were a couple of cyclists heading down to Tajikistan, a Romanian motorcyclist also heading to Tajikistan (after going around Mongolia and everywhere inbetween), a pair of crazy Austrians who, over 3 weeks, were driving from Austria via a ...


