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Day 4 - GOBI

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April 7th 2014
Geo: 40.15, 94.68Mingsha Hill which is known as one of the 8 Great Landscapes” of Dunhuang. It's also known as the Singing Sand Dunes.Supposedly a war between two armies ended here and the troops where buried by strong winds and their cries still echo from the mountains.From far away the looked huge and almost like they had been man made.The fine edge of the dunes seemed so fine lik ... 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