Hotels in Dunhuang - Prices and Reviews

19th/20th October
Our choice of hotel in Dunhuang was superb. The location - away from the bustle of the small town - and right on the dunes - couldn't have been better. Every evening the four of us would meet on the terrace to enjoy a drink and watch the sunset. It was quite chilly, but a wonderful way to end the day.

Our first day i...

Waking up in the train and knowing you have traveled over 1,000 km while you were asleep feels a bit surreal. It would have taken us two to three days on trucks to get this far. Neither of us have been to Dunhuang, it's a long ways from anywhere in the middle of a vast desert but this time we just happen to pass it.

The thing that made D...

The long train ride from Xian went through many tunnels on the first day, passing through valleys and cultivated hills, which had all been cut out into steps to maximize the area to plant and grow crops, no matter how steep their incline. On my normal exploration of the train, walking from one end to the other, (this time including the engine r...

A Grand and big interesting studio whereby numerous movies were made...

So here's the deal- Right now I'm in the tiny little desert city of Dunhuang where there is little else to do but hang out in an internet cafe, which is conveniently across from our hotel. Here's the blog situation. I get to Beijing, after a few days go into Word and write this great blog entry with photos about my first few days in Beijing. The...

The 26 hour train ride from Xi'an to Liu Yuan was filled with many things: coughing, tissues, and about three too many Chinese rice crispy treats *shudder* Near starvation**we ended up taking an overpriced car (whose driver displayed aberrant listening preferences for one in his profession - dance techno)120 km to Dunhuang. Dunhuang used to be a...