China - Shapatou

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July 9th 2008

Published: July 16th 2008

I visit the Zhongwei Gao Temple near Shapatou to see the strange representations of the Buddhist heavena and hell. Spooky!

Also near Shapatou, on the banks of the Yellow River and surrounded by towering sand-dunes, I try out the Chinese equivalent of an adrenalin amusement park. There's rafting on the river on a raft made fom inflated sheep-skins, a zip-wire,from the top of one of the dunes, across the river, a small bungee-jump and sand-toboganning down the dunes. It's good fun, but after the adrenalin sports in Africa, a little tame.

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