I took a group tour with NaraSaraOd travel. (www.TravelInnerMongolia.Com) This sure was a good idea, although I was scared. Although I have been to Beijing before, this was far away. It took me off the tourist path. I thought that Hohot would be better, but it turns out that this is not the case. There are direct flights from Shanghai to HoHot, but not to Hailar. You must change planes in Beijing. I learned that this "isolation" has kept Hailar one of the last true Mongolian places in Inner Mongolia. The grasslands there are famous throughout all of China, the HulumBuir grasslands. So, this was a very special area. We went to several beautiful Mongolian dress making factories in Hailar. We went to the famous Japanese caves where a secret Japanese Army unit conducted cruel medical
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