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Liyuan Hotel Dunhuang

No.8 Huancheng East Road Dunhuang, Gansu, China

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Verdant Trees, Light Khaki Sands & Cerulean Sky

A travel blog entry by michellendave

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OCTOBER 5TH TO 15TH, 2011


MOVE TO CHARLEY JOHNG'S HOSTEL
By noon, we walked over to Charlie Johng’s 3rd floor and got settled in our sizeable double room with large windows overlooking a small pedestrian street. Michelle did a couple laundry loads in Charley’s semi automatic washing machine. She had to fill the thing with a poor trickle of water from a hose then manually turn the dial switch to agitate, turn it off ...

Heading West Along the Silk Road

A travel blog entry by michellendave

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... 23665;, literally "Echoing-Sand Mountain"). It commands a very strategic position at the crossroads of the ancient Southern Silk Route and the main road leading from India via Lhasa to Mongolia and Southern Siberia.

LEAVING XIAHE
We bolted out of our hotel and a motorcycle taxi pulled over to take us to the bus station. Usually the shared taxies don't stop for us. We assume they don't want to hassle with the language barrier for ...

Silk Road, Day 1: 敦煌

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... also had this tea (Xingpishui--I think it's a type of apricot tea/juice) that was soooo good. I would have taken a gallon of it back with me if I could! The owners of this noodle shop was so nice. He was really excited to have foreigners eating in his noodle shop and was introducing us to his son. There was also another customer in this shop who was interested in us foreigners too. They were a grandma and grandpa with ...

Night market drunkeness & desert mosquitoes

A travel blog entry by alexgrange

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... sites, our minibus finally gave up and broke down, in the middle of the Gobi Desert. We waited, and slowly cooked, in the minibus for an hour and twenty minutes for someone to drive out to us to attempt to fix the problem. It worked for a while, then the poor van limped the last 50km back to town. We were all in good humour though, making jokes, although I was concerned as I had to travel 130km north of town to the train station at 18:00 to catch the night ...

Done Huang

A travel blog entry by cath.heery

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... dog food for those who were game, or simply just star gazing during a meteor shower for those who weren't.

Day 4 began before dawn (yet more disruption to our 12 hours unconsciousness a day) as we got up and climbed the nearest sand dune in order to watch the sunrise. I don't think i have ever been so cold in my life, actually thought my feet were going to turn to ice. We quickly warmed up once the sun showed its face though and ...

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