Silk Route - Part 2
We are still in between deserts and Oasis towns, and it is a lovely yet surreal experience.
After having seen the very start of the Great Wall in Dangdong (North Korean border), we completed our personal "Great Wall circle" by also visiting the very last bit of it, the Last Fort - and thus the end of China - in Jiayuguan. There, we also stayed in a lovely, peaceful court-yard hotel. It really felt like the end of the world: quiet, surrounded by desert, and HOT. Still in hindsight one sympathizes with the people who were kicked out of China from here. Prospects of running into a camel - like you do as a tourist nowadays - probably didn't look so good then.
From there, we moved on to Dunhuang, famous for its Buddhist heritage. Also, the sand dunes around here are very appealing, and we're planning on paragliding over a lake today. Wish us luck. If this is our last blog, it's been nice knowing you.
2 comments:
Try and post some pictures before you do :)
Sounds like you're having a lot of fun - even at the North Korean border.
Watch out for land mines and anyone trying to sell a nuclear power plant for some Levi jeans. Ask for a receipt.
If you happen to come across a male camel, I would advise you to get the hell away from it. Just recently, a woman got crushed be a horny one trying to hump her!
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