The spring is here!!!! It feels like only a few weeks ago that it was -25 at night and -15 during the day.
And now; A whole week of +25 degrees!
That should be an indication of wha the summer is like around here!
Night temperatures still drop to around 5 degrees though, Hohhot being at an elevation of over a 1000 metres.
So me and my colleague went out and rode our bikes down south, some 10 km's south of Hohhot is the so called Zhajun tomb.
Built over many years, with brick and mud, it stands 33 metres tall and has quite a story about it.
Apparently, one of the 4 most beautiful women of ancient China, Wang Zhaojun, sacrificed her life by marrying Gengghis Khan to help unify the Han and Hun people of China.
The statue of the riding horses depict Khn and his wife.
The Mongolian name for the tomb, also known as the iron fortress, is
Demure Wuerhu.
We also ended up riding into some kind tourist camp with some kind of tradiditional Mongolian landscape imitated.
Unfortunately, we were soon kicked out for not having a ticket. Better luck next time I guess.
Well, that's it for now, soon hope to have more news from this great city.
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