Datong, Hanging Monastery, Yungang Caves
January 16th 2008 Datong has a population of about 3 million people and is a big coal producing region. It served as the capital around 400 AD and did so for about 70 years. You'd think that a city this steeped in history would have loads to see and do, unfortunately this did not prove to be the case.
We took the overnight train from Beijing and arrived in at about 7.00 am. We knew what it was we wanted to see a
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