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End of the Greeat Wall
... She waived her head no. I went to the entrance and tried to pay at the gate, they said no. I was very frustrated and like what the ****? How the hell am I supposed to go anywhere around here? I went back to the ticket office and she told me no. I pointed two fingers on my hand, went to the board and pointed to option #2 and she said no. This was ridiculous. Finally a kid came up to me who must have been 5 ...
Walking bits of the Great Wall of China
Photos uploaded but not much battery power left on the camper tonight as ran low this morning before we left for out day's trip - but camper van only went about 35km so didn't charge the leisure battery that powers the electrical stuff in the camper van itself up (a different battery to the one that powers the engine you'll be glad to know). Have ...
Hole with a wall in it
... It was Qin Shi Huang that planned and started building the wall- Qin Shi Huang was a chinese prince that waged war to unify China (and succeeded - naming himself the first Emperor of China). It was the tomb of Qin Shi Huang that we saw in Xian housing the terra-cotta army. Qin Shi Huang also succeeded in bringing some rule of law to China, so within the walls was relative civilization when compared to the brutal Turkmen and ...
Xinjiang, in China??
... we made it across two mini valleys to the trail. It was the most interesting and fun part of Jiayuguan. We had some Roujiamo, the staple sandwich of northwest China consisting of a dry bun bread with beef filling. Good and cheap.We got our bags from the whole and walked and walked south until we found ourselves outside the city in what we later were told would be an oil field. We camped in the semi dump semi construction yard with only one rock stabbing Nik in ...
Silk Road, Day 4: 嘉峪关
... in the area to build with.
Today was also the first time I got to ride a train in China!!! We went from Jiayuguan to Lanzhou. Lets just say this train ride seemed to last forever! It was so long, but so interesting. For most of the train ride, some friends and I talked to this middle school Chinese girl. She was pretty interested in what we had to say, even though I had so much trouble trying ...
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