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Rainbow Bridge Yinchuan

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Final Day in Yinchuan

A travel blog entry by shoulin4

... itself.

Once the movie was over, I wen to the gift shop to see what I could find in terms of Hui minority music. I wasn't able to find any CDs, but I did find a kind of Jew's Harp that has been commonly played by Hui women for many centuries. I bought the instrument and then exited the park in order to find some food before I met with the driver. Soon, I made it to the general area where I had seen the music and dance performance. There was a ...

My Wonderful and Horrifying Tour of Yinchuan

A travel blog entry by shoulin4

... could speak English. Just for fun, I decided to keep silent and let them assume that I couldn't speak Chinese. Finally, a man appeared who tried to tell me about the ticket and where I could pick up my pictures in really bad English. After I felt he'd struggled enough, I asked him in Chinese about the pictures. At this he did a double-take. He asked, “You can speak Chinese?!” To which I replied in the affirmative. He then threw his hands in the air ...

Failed Attempt but Salvaged Day

A travel blog entry by shoulin4

... native (which he was well on his way). He also told me that I was the first foreigner he'd seen in a public place in Yinchuan. I told him about my project and my unsuccessful day at trying to find some Hui music. He thought about it, and then offered to talk to some friends of his who'd might know more about the subject. He would then send me some information later by email (which he did).

We talked for some time until it was beginning ...

Arrival in Yinchuan

A travel blog entry by shoulin4

... some calls to several people to report my safe arrival and then decided to take a shower. I nearly jumped out of my skin for the water was lukewarm, bringing back terrible recollections of my showers in Tibet. At least it wasn't freezing, though.

In any case, after my (relatively short) shower, I rested for a while before venturing out into the
surrounding area. Yinchuan sits on the edge of desert, so the ...

Carvings, Tombs, Towers and the Wall

A travel blog entry by iolair

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... museum there was a little electric buggy thing that hauled me and a bunch of tour groups up to the foot of the rocky hill/mountain things. In the museum I had been quite taken with the rock carvings, but as soon as I got outdoors, I forgot all about them and started taking photos and staring dreamily at the mountains around me.

At the first possible opportunity I started climbing some steps away from the tour groups below. I had asked a park worker if it was ...

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