Gansu, China

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Travel Blogs from Gansu (656)

Golden Leaves and Mongolian Cheese, E Ji Na, Inner Mongolia, China travel blog
Golden Leaves and Mongolian Cheese
Oct 2, 2008

... go shopping when hungry. I also got a bottle of hard alcohol shaped like a rocket ship that was commemorating the Shenzhou 7-China's first spacewalk mission-that had that week taken off in Gansu and landed in Inner Mongolia.  We didn't stay out ...

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Market Days, Xiajiang, Guizhou, China travel blog
Market Days
Jan 24, 2009

... counterweight to the heavy necklaces in the front. On their feet, most women seemed to wear the choice of farmers all over China--army-green canvas shoes with rubber toes, reminiscent of the Converse brand. A few women we saw were barefoot, despite the ...

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Lanzhou, Lanzhou, China travel blog
Lanzhou
May 20, 2007

... was economically very poor, heavily industralised and one of the most polluted I'd experienced in all my years of travel in China. The rivers were black and disgusting, the sky filled with ' yellow sandstorms' common to this area! Counting down the ...

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Places to Stay, All over, China travel blog
Places to Stay
Aug 10, 2007

... It's very scenic. It's really worth your time.   The Bamboo House 23 Guihua Rd, West Street, Yangshuo, China         & nbsp; bamboohouse23@hotmail.com Location: ***** Cleanliness ***** Service * ...

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Attractions in Gansu (19)

Bingling Temple (Binglingsi)
Bingling Temple (Binglingsi)

Yongjing County, Gansu, China

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Located on Jishi Mountain, Ten Thousand Buddha caves contain excellent statues, sculptures and murals.
Five Springs Park
Five Springs Park

Lanzhou, Gansu, China

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Labrang Monastery (Labuleng Si)
Labrang Monastery (Labuleng Si)

280 km S of Lanzhou Xiahe, Gansu, China

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Considered one of the six great monasteries of the Gelukpa (Yellow Hat) Sect, this complex contains more than 2,000 monks in residence plus eighteen halls, six institutes of learning, a golden stupa and nearly 60,000 sutras.
Mogao Caves
Mogao Caves

Dunhuang, Gansu, China

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Located in the Gobi desert, the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas feature beautiful wall fresco paintings and more than 3,000 sculptures dating from the forth to the fourteenth century.

Forum Discussions on Gansu (12)

Western China travel
Posted on May 20, 2008, 22:26:09
Hi Christine, I have been doing a lot of research on Xinjiang and Gansu province lately. l be there in July until mid-August. We are going the witness the solar eclipse on August 1st after spending a week in Dunhuang. I am one of a group of 4. How long do ...
Info the Great Wall
Posted on May 30, 2006, 12:54:46
More detail from The Great Wall was the greatest manmade military defense structure in ancient China . Its construction started during Ancient Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring Stated Period (770-221 B.C.) At that time, walls were built by some ...
sidecar adventure tour in china
Posted on Dec 6, 2007, 22:13:42
... , and the bright pearl on the ancient Silk Road. Scenery along the Sild Road Crossing Shaanxi, Gansu, Hexi Corridor, Xinjiang and many other great places in China, the Silk Road is definitely worthy of your visit. Xian, Xiahe, Jiayuguan, Dunhuang, ...
sidecar silk road adventure trip china
Posted on Feb 26, 2008, 22:57:47
... and the bright pearl on the ancient Silk Road. Scenery along the Sild Road Crossing Shaanxi, Gansu, Hexi Corridor, Xinjiang and many other great places in China, the Silk Road is definitely worthy of your visit. Xian, Xiahe, Jiayuguan, Dunhuang, Urumqi ...

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