Mountain Village Dunhuang

Dunyue Road Dunhuang, Gansu, 736200, China

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Edge of the Gobi

A travel blog entry by michellendave

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... driver protested. He wanted all his people to be on the same bus. We said we weren't going unless we had a good seat. They (the driver and some of our fellow passengers) got a tourist from Hong Kong who spoke good English to explain the situation. We let her know we understood the situation completely but were not getting on the overcrowded bus. They relented and drove off without us and we got on the next bus 15 minutes later. ...

Verdant Trees, Light Khaki Sands & Cerulean Sky

A travel blog entry by michellendave

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... cave #17 called the Library Cave. Photography wasn’t permitted inside the caves.


BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GROTTOES
The first grotto was dug from the soft cliff in 366AD. For 10 centuries, Buddhist monks at Dunhuang collected scriptures. Pilgrims passed through the area painting murals inside the Mogao Grottoes. A small number of Christian artifacts have also been found in the caves (Jesus Sutras). (Wikipedia). The walls ...

Silk Road, Day 2: Camels

A travel blog entry by kerochu

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... After waiting at the top for a little while, we literally saw the entire sunrise. I didn't know that the sun could rise so fast! At first we saw the sun just kinda peaking out of the horizon and then in a matter of minutes, we saw the entire sun come out. It was so round and so orange. It looked amazing with the sand dunes in the background. To get down the sand dunes, you could buy a ticket to use a slide down, ...

Night market drunkeness & desert mosquitoes

A travel blog entry by alexgrange

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Dunhuang was a relief. I was able to meet and talk to other English speaking travellers. I was getting a bit lonely in Lanzhou and Jiayuguan. The night market was an excellent place to chat over some kebabs and beers. On the first night I met an Italian guy who was doing a very similar route to me, but with a different schedule. I also met a Spanish couple who were teaching in Singapore. It was quite strange because the guy, Diego, spoke with a ...

Ancient cities, and the Chinese idea of tourism.

A travel blog entry by kevinmarkbrown

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... them. They all make me feel really depressed, and a little angry, about the place I’m in, and I just don’t need that. People are generally friendly here (many would like to communicate, and continue trying again and again), they are welcoming, “people are people”.

That was as much as I could muster for one day, so back to the hotel. A little wander, a meal and a foot massage later, felt almost alive. Especially my feet needed the care and ...

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