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So how do you go about planning and preparing for complex vacation on the other side of the world, with a complex route for getting there, and then a complex itinerary once in situ?… And I don’t mean the simple “jump in a taxi, train or plane, and travel where you’re going and figure it […]

Everything must come to an end – and that included our China-2024 trip… The final stop on our itinerary was Binggou Danxia Landform and Geopark – located about 12km from the famous rainbow-colored Zhangye Danxia mountains. The scenery here is totally different – not the undulating multicolored-stripe landscapes, but massive rock formations of all shapes […]

Our fall trip around northern-central China was literally coming full circle on the big rock-desert loop from Xining to Xining. Our final must-see tourist spots were near the city of Zhangye, with the first one being the Zhangye Danxia Geopark… So what is this place? Well, it’s just over 500km² (if the internet is to […]

Farewell, Dunhuang! It was fun and educational, but we were back on the road – sticking to our planned China-2024 trip route. Today, nearly 600 kilometers getting to Zhangye; accordingly we were up early and off we popped… The road wasn’t the most exciting – made worse by gloomy clouds and drizzle. Still, a couple […]

Dunhuang. The name doesn’t ring a bell for most people – but it should! Not to worry, for we’re going to fix that right here, right now – as it’s next on the travel itinerary of our China-2024 trip… So, Dunhuang. It’s a small city built around an oasis and surrounded by the rocky landscapes […]

Hey folks! You’ve probably already heard about DeepSeek – the Chinese AI model that recently caused such a stir and managed to wipe more than a trillion dollars off the share prices of certain tech giants in just a few hours. But have you seen its logo? Does it remind you of anything? It sure […]