Image via Wikipedia After a couple of days driving we got back to Pingliang. During the drive, Dave the co-driver went through the route which looks amazing. The route we’re taking from Xian to Istanbul is 20,000km, roughly half way round the earth. Spent the evening in Pingliang back at the same kebab shop I’d [...]
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Kong Tong Shan – Pingliang, China
Visited the Kong Tong Shan monastery atop the mountains near Pingliang (there’s nothing else in town). Despite only getting two lines in the guidebook it was well worth a whole days excursion as the multitude of temples are spread across two mountain tops. After recent exertions on the Great Wall (for which I got the [...]
Desert ‘fun’ park – Pingliang, China
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 [...]
