Month: May 2017

Today we have a 230 km drive to Jiayuguan on the highway. We have the snow capped Qilian mountains to our left and a barren […]

This morning we have a smooth departure out of the city of Xining with a 340 km drive to Zhangye mostly on “G” roads which […]

Today we have a 330 km drive to Xining with a lunch stop at Ta er Monastery or Kumbum Monastery which is a Tibetan Buddhist […]

Tianshui is a medium size city of about 5 million people but driving out this morning it seems much larger. Like all Chinese cities there […]

On the drive out of Xi’an we stop at a monument to the Silk Road that marks the starting point.  The monument is quite large […]

We get to have a lie in this morning as our bus departs the hotel at 9 am to take us to the Great Wild […]

This morning we have a bus tour to the Terra Cotta Warriors.  This army of figures included clay soldiers, clay horses, bronze horses & carts that […]

This morning we leave Pingyao early and as we walk out the restaurants & shops are just starting to  open. On the way out of […]

Today we only have 300 km to drive to the ancient town of Pingyao.  The city of Pingyao has a population of 10 million but […]

Today we have a short drive of 300 km to our overnight stop in Shijiazhuang en route to Xian.  We are given the morning to […]