A day trip to the Heavenly Lake from Urumchi
[ Sept.1996 ] We had a day trip to Tienchi (Heavenly Lake) by bus from Urumchi, a big city in Xinjiang in China. While we were waiting for the bus at the North Gate of…
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Sightseeing tour in Turpan
[ Sept.1996 ] On the third day in Turpan, the town in Xinjiang in China, we had the sightseeing tour with the minibus driver whom we had met on the first day. We were staying…
Turpan was very popular, but…
[ Sept.1996 ] Because both of the guidebooks we were using during the travelling in China recommended Turpan enthusiastically, my expectation was high and probably it was too high. First, we had a hard time…
Magao Caves which was not very satisfactory
[ Sept.1996 ] No tourist misses Magao Caves if you visit Dunhuang in China. This is the famous Buddhism ruins which were carved from the 4th century for 1000 years. There are nearly 500 stone…
The Magao Caves, which was not that satisfactory
[ Sept.1996 ] No tourist misses Magao Caves if you visit Dunhuang in China. This is the famous Buddhism ruins which were carved from the 4th century for 1000 years. There are nearly 500 stone…
Breathtaking Ming Sha Shan
[ Sept.1996 ] From Liuyuan where we finally arrived at after a long train journey from Lanzhou in China, we took a minibus and after over two hours we settled in a hotel called…
The people we met in Xiahe and experience on the way back
[ Sept.1996 ] Next morning in Xiahe, the Tibetan town in Gansu province in China, the temperature went down further and it was as cold as in midwinter. And it was raining. We visited the…
To Xiahe
[ Aug.1996 ] At the bus station in Lanzhou in China, we looked for the bus to Xiahe where the Tibetan people lived. We found the bus easily and got on it, which was fine,…
Fly to Lanzhou
[ Aug.1996 ] From Kunming in China, we flew to Lanzhou, the important city in Silk Road along the Yellow River. When I got on the aeroplane of China Northwest Airlines (later merged with China…
