Xining Oh, so I arrived in Xining Aug 10th, stayed at the Lete Hostel, highly recommended, much better than any hotel, with internet access, a tour co on site, clean and updated, washing, etc. I moved to Xing Yuan Hotel with my "orphanage" buddies on the third night. We were supposed to only be here for a couple days, but the main donor cannot cash her travelers checks, only $3000 a day, so we have been a bit stuck for cash to purchase all the stuff for the kids. We have purchased a lot of items, including coal, huge amount of [View Full Entry]

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Hi! Sorry for the lack of blogs, but the last 10 days of the trip have been quite busy - it felt like we were either seeing a sight or travelling at any given time... not so much 'free time' as Micheal likes to call it. So in order not to bore anyone by detailed stories of each day, I'll just run through the sights and what I thought of them :) Luoyang - Longmen (Dragon Gate) Caves - Sept 20th - 100's of caves and grottos cut into a cliff. Huge and small Buddha's found in each. It was impressive [View Full Entry]

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