Visited Shapotou Sand Lake in Pingliang yesterday, which is a Desert theme park on the Yellow River (which is very brown), kind of like Disneyland China. Well…maybe Alton Towers. Well…maybe Hastings seafront. Lots of water rides in rusty jet skis, a zip wire (discouragingly not to be used by anyone over 60kg in case it snaps and you fall to a watery death), rafts made of inflated sheep skins and trays on which to slide down the sand dunes.
Played Scrabble all evening over beers and helped a bunch of locals slide down the dunes on a tarpaulin before falling asleep half way into the desert.
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Spent all day today travelling by bus, and getting attacked by bees at every toll gate.
