Grasslands around Wulan Butong, Inner-Mongolia
October 22nd 2014 If you ever find yourself in the Beijing area and you are looking for a place to get away from it all, head to Inner-Mongolia to enjoy stunning scenery, huge open space, tranquility and good food. In October last year the English training school I work for organized a relaxing 3-day get-away for the staff (teachers and course consultants) in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. I must admit I wasn’
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Tara Cloud
"Life couldn't be much better."
How amazing that such a tranquil, beautiful area lies just an 8-hour, gorgeous drive out of crazy Beijing. Brilliant of your school to bond you all together in such a lovely setting. I imagine many of your city colleagues had never been in such a rural setting. I'm with you and love walking the fields and mountains outside of cities. Lately, I've been taking natives from Arequipa, Peru, on my walks--they're shocked that such beauty lies so close. We walkers are the lucky ones.