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Lingyun Hotel Dunhuang

No.9 Nanhuan Rd. Dunhuang, Gansu, China

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Edge of the Gobi

A travel blog entry by michellendave

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... handful of other passengers. The train originated somewhere else and when it arrived, we would have less than 10 minutes to board. So we waited on the platform in the cold dark night. One of the other ladies who was waiting, started doing tai chi with her friend. She seemed like the teacher type and soon Michelle fell into line doing tai chi with her backpack on until the train arrived.

It felt good to be moving on from ...

Verdant Trees, Light Khaki Sands & Cerulean Sky

A travel blog entry by michellendave

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... archaeologists, followed closely by Paul Pelliot of France, and Albert von Le Coq of Germany, Langdon Warner of the USA, Sergei Oldenberg of Russia, and Otani Kozui and Zuicho Tachibana of Japan.

Sir Stein carted off 24 crates of manuscripts, 5 crates of paintings on silk paper for 130GBP. (1907). They don’t bother to give such a detailed account of the treasures given to or taken by Chinese officials and scholars. The priceless ...

Silk Road, Day 1: 敦煌

A travel blog entry by kerochu

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After checking into our hotel (which was a rather nice hotel), we went to go get lunch in the market. We got pretty lost trying to find this marketplace with food. So after wandering around this city for quite some time, we finally found a place with soooo much food!! We chose this random noodle place and ordered something that the shop owner said... not really sure what it was, but it was some kind of rice ...

Night market drunkeness & desert mosquitoes

A travel blog entry by alexgrange

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... had slipped and fallen over. These were the fuel for the beacon fires, still there in the desert untouched since 101 BCE. We also went to the ruined city of Hecang Cheng. Here we were attacked by huge desert mosquitoes. The thing I don’t understand is what the mosquitoes live on when there are no tourists there. It’s in the middle of the Gobi Desert with no animals, apart from a few lizards. After this day full of driving and ...

Done Huang

A travel blog entry by cath.heery

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... of the most difficult things ever) to the top (some of us managed it slightly faster than others...) where we sat and waited to be dazzled by the famous Gobi Sunset. We weren't disappointed. Making our way back down the sand dune took considerably less time, but was somewhat terrifying. For future reference, if you run down a non-stable sheer slope, it can be quite difficult to stop... The day ended with instant noodles, stale bread and even ...

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