Turpan

Turpan was very popular, but…

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…

Dunhuang

Magao Caves which was not very satisfactory

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…

Dunhuang

Breathtaking Ming Sha Shan

  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…

Lanzhou

The train journey from Lanzhou

On the last day in Lanzhou, the city with the Yellow River in China, we went to Baitashan Park. On the way, we came across a limousine to Haneda Airport in Tokyo….