New Victory Hotel Lanzhou
143 Zhongshan Road Lanzhou, Gansu, 730030, China
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Nomad festival in the Dajiutang grasslands
Early morning today as we left Xiahe for the 70 km rough drive up to the Dajiutang grasslands, where today's festival was being held. We passed the Sangke grasslands, where I'd been yesterday, then headed up a couple of valleys, basically to the end of the road near the political border of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. Like I had mentioned earlier …
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Happy New Year
... was midnight. Welcome to the New Year.
On New Year’s Day we caught the bus to the Yu Zhong campus and joined one of Owen’s classes for a jiaozi making and eating party in the ref – apparently a common end of term activity. Afterwards we set off candle-powered paper lanterns on which we’d all written messages. A lovely evening, but that was the day the weather decided to turn cold again. We’ve been back to -3 to 0 maximum since, but I think ...
Scenic Detour
... worn by Muslims. This part of China has many Hui people descended from foreign Muslims. They are typically distinguished by their practice of Islam, however some also practice other religions, and many are direct descendants of Silk Road travelers. The villages had stacks of hay drying for the winter. Here they were putting wheat straw or another cereal crop on the road to have the passing traffic thrash it. Some of the stacks were ...
Lanzhou -- the eagle is flying again
... But even though it is now a major train hub and near to the western end of the Great Wall of China, few tourists actually come this way because of the distance from major centers.
That suits us fine; we want to avoid the crowds that have been so oppressive for most of our journey so far. Ironically, however, we bump into a group of 20 Chinese tourists who happen to be from Vancouver. They're our first Canadians and they're as excited ...
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