Is this Mongolia? Siberia? It might as well be! Photo 6

Is this Mongolia? Siberia? It might as well be!

October 26th 2012
Being woken up at 5am is never nice, but when it is on a night train which you have to quickly get off, you are still half asleep, disorientated and its sub zero degrees outside, its even worse. This was the start of our day in Datong! With the sun not rearing it's head for the day for at least an hour or two, the bitter temperatures and the persistant taxi drivers starting to annoy us, we ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

28th October 2012

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

DATONG
Please tell me where you took this pic...haven't seen it before. As to Datong we had a totally different appreciation for what is on offer...and we did it in -20 deg C. I'm blogging it soon. The main degrading of Yunggang Grottoes is not just wind. It is from the coal mines across the road...some of the biggest in China. Hope you love Pingyao...unique vibe.

TheJetsetters
Victoria and Scott

Yungang
Hi Dave, really enjoy your blogs, espially some of the olde ones. Just before you continue on the path up too the caves, you can turn left and make your way up too the first temple, this is the path leading up to it. pingyao is great we have been here a few days and never been anywhere quite like it. Thanks for reading S&V

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