Youth Hotel Jiayuguan
No.3 Jianshe West Road Jiayuguan, Gansu, China
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Random Acts of Kindness - Jiayuguan, Gansu, China
After the train journey from Xi'an to Jiayuguan, a trip considered by Dad-Dubs to be a nightmare, we weren't looking forward to arriving in Jiayuguan at 5am with nowhere to go.
The random man in our set of bunks on the train, in the middle bunk (not the man in the bottom bunk), casually asked us as we were all being herded off the train …
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Getting out of Xi'an
... to our horror, the gate had closed and the train was leaving the station without us. After 14 hours of waiting we had missed the train!
After composing ourselves, we managed to change the tickets for the 6:55am train the next morning. This train was also delayed but by only by 4 hours this time, it turns out that we almost missed this train too. We didn’t realise there was an upstairs departure lounge and we only made it to the gate at the last ...
Silk Road, Day 4: 嘉峪关
... of the person’s home. Inside each room are paintings on individual bricks that described aspects of the person’s life when he was living, such as farming, hunting, food, entertainment, etc. Our guide said that when the tomb was built, no cement was used to build the tomb. It’s amazing how back then they didn’t use cement, but their structures were so strong and didn’t cave ...
Silk Road, Day 3: 嘉峪关
... some really incredible wind farms though. Windmills are so big!!
When we finally got to Jiayuguan, we went to the Jiayuguan Fort of the Great Wall. This was a very important part of the Great Wall because it controlled military and trade between China and Central Asia in the past. This place was amazing because it seemed like it could contain a small city inside. Behind the wall we could see the Qilian Mountains (amazing!). ...
More about the Great Wall
6/30 - arriving in Jia Yu Guan in the morning. Luckily the hotel let us check in and get settled in the room. After unloading luggage and freshen up, we hired a car and headed out for some sightseeing around the area.
Stop 1: 悬壁长城: ;因筑于约ࢯ 5;十五度的ì 65;脊之上, 418;似凌空倒 ...


