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Gansu in 9 days - 敦煌,七彩丹霞,嘉峪关,莫高窟 和 新龙门客栈,张掖·!


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This ST article is true..

There are so many EV models we don't get in SG...

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On 8/7/2024 at 10:37 AM, therock said:

Simple quick lunch... at a donkey restaurant! 

Sammo Hung ate here.. 

High meat, low fat, tastes like beef... and you can't really tell

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This one tastes like a curry puff haha

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This food does not look great. Tourist stop over place ah?

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On 8/7/2024 at 11:56 AM, Lala81 said:

wah this is a "work" trip.

 

Work part mostly done, but some teaching to be done and practical too... the days are tiring because we wake up early and end late because they want to show us more 

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On 8/7/2024 at 11:57 AM, Tohto said:

This food does not look great. Tourist stop over place ah?

Functional food on the road... 

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Ethically speaking, donkeys are not a good source of meat. Their gestation is an entire year.

There's demand for donkey skin for TCM use in china. So locally have not enough donkey. So they went to africa and paid people for donkeys. decimated some populations. Imagine africans who use the donkey as a working animal. Have to protect them from being stolen to be sold for glue...

https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/end-the-donkey-skin-trade/what-is-ejiao

 

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Hard to post much on the road... but this is the main destination later...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogao_Caves

What is the significance of the Mogao Grottoes?

It was first constructed in 366AD and represents the great achievement of Buddhist art from the 4th to the 14th century. 492 caves are presently preserved, housing about 45,000 square meters of murals and more than 2,000 painted sculptures.

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/440/#:~:text=It was first constructed in,more than 2%2C000 painted sculptures. 

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We have reached the desert!

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There is a 万人演唱会

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There's a cresent moon oasis

鸣沙山月牙泉

The Yueya Spring is located in the Gobi Desert of Dunhuang City in northwest China's Gansu Province. It is considered a wonder of the Gobi Desert, as it is a natural oasis which appears in the shape of a crescent moon with crystal clear water, and this is why its name stuck.

This oasis has been considered as one of the "Eight Great Sights in Dunhuang" since the Han Dynasty (202 BC - 220AD). 

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If you've never walked in the desert, it's great cardio...

Every step takes thrice the effort..

Making it halfway was good enough for me... the younger ones ran all the way to the top... then took the slide down..

There's sand everywhere, like in my ahem areas too

Forgot to swop to my tevas... so I have to walk with sand in my shoes / socks and all...

 

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Running late, so a quick la mian meal, but no one is complaining...

it's good stuff in a simple store...

 

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On 8/7/2024 at 5:43 PM, therock said:

We have reached the desert!

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There is a 万人演唱会

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This is real 人山人海..

Their peak travel season.

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On 8/7/2024 at 10:00 AM, Tohto said:

Whole China is using lah.. even beggar.

Only cash is a problem at some smaller shop.

I mean others small apps in Alipay especially for local Metro. Last year the Alipay transport somehow unable to use on Hangzhou Metro.

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