Pingliang Hotel Gansu
No.86 West Main Street Gansu, 744000, China
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Magao Caves
... famous for the ancient and rare Central Asian and Buddhist scrolls, manuscripts and texts that were discovered in a hidden library in 1900. However, most of the priceless manuscripts and treasures were taken by foreign archaeologists and now reside in Europe – it is still a very sore point for the Chinese.
We were able to visit ten of the caves, out of the several hundred. While the dry climate has preserved many of the ...
Gobi Desert Sand Storm
... right down to only 10 metres at times. We continued slowly and cautiously. However, we eventually came to a grinding halt, as traffic had banked up. An accident? – after a very uncomfortable hour's wait in the sand storm (in sauna like conditions – middle of hot desert, unable to open windows, no air conditioning) we found it was just a tollgate that had caused the traffic to jam up. Arrived mid-afternoon in Dunhuang, with the sand storm having ...
Jiayuguan Great Wall and Fort
... in the distance. Once the sun got a little higher, the Wall and surrounding mountains began to glow – quite pretty.
We spent the morning at the impressive Jiayuguan Fort. Built in 1372, it effectively marked the end of the 'civilised’ Chinese world and the start of the wild west, full of the ‘barbarians’ of Central Asia. It has been fully restored and is complete ...
Nirvana beside the Great Wall
... for camp meals (and washing up!) – Our first meal being delicious pork steaks, vegies, and couscous, with banana and rice pudding for dessert. Our camp meals seem to be a much a higher quality than what we have experienced eating out – maybe it’s just more familiar.
This morning we continued to drive alongside the western section of the Great Wall – a mud wall, running down the centre of the plain, mountain ranges on either ...
A tasty hotpot
A drive back the way we came to Pingliang. Driving across the rivers, could really see how much flooding there had been in previous days. In the evening we headed back to our favourite hotpot restaurant. Disappointed to find that the staff ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Ping Liang


