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Zhangye to Lanzhou 3-9 July

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July 19th 2008
Thursday 3 July - Zhanghye to Shandan, 63 km A horrible day. It rained in the morning, not hard but enough to put a rain jacket on. The countryside was mostly desert, the road was good and flat. We arrived at the outskirts of the town and were directed into a building site which should have been our campsite. After a long wait we moved into a gym alongside, which was quite fortunate ... 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