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Xitaihua Hotel Lanzhou

No. 68 Xijin West Road, Qilihe District Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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Not a Domestic Goddess

A travel blog entry by avenel

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... but I don't want us to eat it constantly till we get sick of it. We're going to be here a while after all. Besides, there are heaps of places to eat fabulous authentic local food – it’d be silly to try to emulate that myself.

Living simply also means labour intensive. I've used more hand cream in my few weeks here than I would in a year at home (mind, I'm not one much for cosmetics at the best of times - or using gloves ...

First steps on the Silk Road

A travel blog entry by roeby-en-ine

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... already admired the horse at the Gansu Provincial Museum, where basically all of Gansu's treasures are kept. This also goes for all movable parts of the buddhist sculpture caves at Tiantishan, though the giant, 15-meter high Sakyamuni buddha carved out of the mountain side was still there to wave at us. Further along the Hexi Corridor we visited Jiayuguan, where the Great Wall of China ends and an old fort looks out over the Gobi ...

Wedding Day in Lanzhou Brings back Fond Memories

A travel blog entry by danandcarolann

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... the bride's friends yelled at us from inside. The men yelled back, pounded on the door and had to push red envelopes of money under the door to gain entrance. This went on for 10 minutes in the 90 F heat and humidity.

Once inside, we discovered that the women had all hidden inside the bride's bedroom. We were given water and a bowl of sweet noodles in a broth containing two boiled eggs. I was instructed to eat only one and leave the second. This is supposed to bring good ...

Central Gansu

A travel blog entry by jordanblair100

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... me out until 2pm so I spent most of the morning in bed. After then spending two hours in the smartest internet cafe I have ever been to I made my way to the train station. The internet cafe was like a cross between a night club and a rich boys living room. Each of the hundred or so terminals had its own giant flatscreen TV for a monitor, and the seats were all big, comfy arm chairs. The walls were covered in expensive looking black tiles, and had these jazzy, UFO ...

Arriving in Lanzhou

A travel blog entry by kai.berlick

... away from Beijing and Shanghai) we came across in the queue, we discovered you can get Pina Colada’s at KFC in China! Not sure if they contain any alcohol though.

After finishing our sundaes we took a leisurely walk back up the main street, noting that except for the language we could quite easily have been in any modern Western city, electronic billboards flashing, the usual glass store fronts selling shoes, clothes etc, many with us Gwailo on ...

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