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July 1st 2015
Langmusi, another little place we added at the last minute. Only a 3 hour bus ride away from Xiahe. Langmusi is a sleepy border town, between the Gansu and Sichuan provinces. Its actually much quieter than Xiahe; less cars, less traffic, less people. How refreshing for China. Believe us when we say we barely saw this in China. I would actually as far as saying this was the smallest 'town' we en ... read more
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4th September 2015

Langmusi
It is the towns and villages that are a must to see China's diversity. Langmusi looks like a great find. But what is a village? Only about a million people!
5th September 2015

Langmusi
Yes!! in China certainly. We completely underestimated the size and population in towns/cities. Booking trains a week or so in advance restricted us a little so would to go back to do the even smaller towns and villages. Just getting a bicycle was refreshing although in Langmusi this was not possible due to the wild dogs. Thank you. Not many people think much goes into the planning but even though we researched our trip beforehand, we have to do it again on the road. Blogging and planning can take a while. The USA has been a killer for this as of late as we've opted to do buses instead of car rental to save us money. Keep seeing your really intriguing posts. I cannot wait to read them as we are going to a few of the same places in the south.

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