On Tuesday April the 8th, I woke up to a rainy, cloudy day. Nevertheless, a day off. Seeing that our school's busiest days are the days that regular Chinese have off, we get our free time on Mondays and Wednesdays. And there I was, waking up to some Chinese 'talkshow' radio station at 7 in the morning! Aaargghh! For a good reason though; There was a minibus ready and waiting to take us all on a staff trip into Hohhot's suroundings. Itinerary: Mengnu milk plant, China's most known milk brand, situated for a large part in Inner Mongolia, Mei Dai Zhao temple and part of the Kubuqi desert, a slice of Sahara dropped right into the Nei Munggul interior. After a few cans of beer to start the new day, we arrived fairly quickly at the
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