Mingshan Hotel Dunhuang
No.6 Mingshan Rd. Dunhuang, Gansu, China
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Verdant Trees, Light Khaki Sands & Cerulean Sky
... and use the hose again to refill and turn the dial for the rinse, drain and then move the clothes to a separate centrifuge for the final spin step. (In Mongolia, they called the clothes 'semi-dry’ after the final spin because it does a pretty good job of getting out most of the water.) She line-dried the clothes on the roof of the hostel. She caught herself complaining then stopped to think how many women walk miles to a river to do the ...
Heading West Along the Silk Road
... RMB fare, but this guy did and we paid him double (2 RMB each $.30). As we waited on the bus in our assigned seats, we realized we were still due the return of a 100 RMB hotel deposit. But the bus was due to depart in 10 minutes and Dave was tempted to run to get it. Michelle talked him out of it and we lamented the fact that the doofus hotel clerk was on duty and he would be the one to pocket our deposit. (Who’s the doofus now?)
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Silk Road, Day 1: 敦煌
... She was really little and so cute!! She would smile every time we waved at her!
Exhausted from all the traveling, we decided to take a nice long nap lol... and then we went to eat dinner. We had this stone pot thing for dinner... again I had no idea what I was eating because I can't read any food in Chinese :[ It was a stone pot with these clear noodle things, a lot of vegetables, and some meat. It ...
The Dunhuang Silk Road Hotel
Today is the 24th and Sam and I have been in Urumqi in Xinjiang province since last night.
On the 22nd, we spent a second day in Dunhuang. In the morning, we went to breakfast at one of the three or four Western cafes in town. This one was called Charlie Johng's Cafe and it's owned by the same family who owns both Charlie Johng hostels. Charlie himself runs the two ...
Done Huang
... on top of Lingling and Fanfan our 2 humped friends in order to make the trek to the Mogao caves across the desert. Mogao was impressive (despite being a massive rip off) a series of over 400 caves carved into a cliff face by various monks through history and filled with Buddhist art. Most interesting was the library cave perhaps, turns out the Chinese are still fairly bitter about the UK and France stealing the contents of it... they've created ...


