Jiayuguan, Gansu, China

... that there are two separate entries, one charges 21Y and the other 10Y. Eleven kilometers (6.83 miles) to the downtown Jiayuguan City and 6.5 kilometers (4.03 miles) from Jiayuguan Pass, the Overhanging Great Wall was built during the Ming Dynasty (1368- ...

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18 hour train ride to Jiayuguan

... of China and this is the furthest extent of the Great Wall, which we will see later tday. Our first visit was to the Jiayuguan fort, which had been the last outpost of the Chinese Empire since the Han Dynasty. This fort was built in the Ming Dynasty in ...

Right then. After a fleeting, but most enjoyable, visit to Datong, I have arrived in Jiayuguan. If you're not quite sure where thit is, you are not alone. I was totally unaware of its existance until a couple of days ago, when the lovely CITS man in Datong ...