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Tuha Oil Hotel Lanzhou

No.627 Jiayuguan Road, Chengguan District Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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Busy time in the heart of china

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... and manicured. The trees were in perfect straight lines and the pathways all dead straight. I'll appreciate the rugged look of our parks at home all the more after seeing this.

Anthony and Carol got a taxi with me to my hostel and when it dropped us of I didn't think it was the right place. The taxi brought us a different way to the way I came on the metro. We drove past lots of lovely boutique shops and restaurants not the little stalls and tat shops i'd ...

Pools and Peaks

A travel blog entry by shyoungstr

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... buy a ticket for Kevin until we were back in the car and Kevin had moved to the back seat. I thought that seemed odd, since as a couple they have been very lovely dove. Well it all made sense when Kevin laid down on the backseat with jackets and bags piled onto him as a way to avoid paying the entrance fee when we passed the check point. I guess he worked it out to pay off the driver for this maneuver but I was feeling a bit like a pawn in this transaction, because ...

Bingling Si Temple and Rock Carvings

A travel blog entry by danandcarolann

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... of Buddha, reachable only by water, and then to Xiahe, home of one of the largest Tibetan monasteries outside of Tibet. Xiahe is on the edge of the huge Tibetan plateau.

The highway takes us north and then southwest and we start to climb in a series of endless switchbacks right up onto the ridge of those brown mountains we saw from the air on our arrival. Herds of mountain sheep balance precariously on the steep slopes.

At one point I realize that ...

Little Miss China

A travel blog entry by brianpbrady

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... As this is my inaugural train ride of 22 on my long trip home (at my last count), I decided to indulge myself and purchase a 2nd class “hard sleeper” ticket. For $92 more, I have space to stretch out and relax. Unfortunately, I can’t spend $92 extra on each segment, or this ‘budget trip’ would quickly turn into a luxury trip, and would put me into debt. So I will enjoy the comfort while I have it, and ...

Tongli's Garden of Seclusion and Meditation

A travel blog entry by shangguan

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Tongli's Garden of Seclusion and Meditation

This is one of the many traditional Chinese gardens in Tongli. Although not built on the same scale as the ones in Suzhou, they are no less magnificent. They are free once you buy a ticket to the village. It is hard to imagine such beautiful gardens were once private property and part of ...

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