The Wandering Scot
An occasional travel journal
Dunhuang
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| 60 miles NE of Dunhuang
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| Dunhuang
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Dunhuang: Yumen Guan
Han era Great Wall ruins near the Jade Gate (Yumen Guan).
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| Han Wall and guard tower
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| Han Great Wall, near Yumen Guan
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| Han guard tower.
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| Han Great Wall, near Yumen Guan
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| Han Beacon Tower
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| Pile of Reed Fascines (Han era)
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| Han Great Wall, near Yumen Guan
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| Yumen Guan: Small Fangpan Castle
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| Small Fangpan: From dry Gobi to sudden wetlands
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| Yumen Guan: Big Fangpan Castle
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| Yumen Guan: Big Fangpan Castle
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| Yumen Guan: Big Fangpan Castle
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| Yumen Guan: Big Fangpan Castle
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| Yumen Guan: Big Fangpan Castle
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| Yumen Guan: Looking to the Gobi
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| Yumen Guan: Looking to wetlands
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Dunhuang: Yang Guan
The Yang Guan Scenic Area is a splendid reimaging of what a Han border fort ought to look like.
Lurking behind it is a genuine Han era beacon Tower.
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| Han era wooden note tabs
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| Yang Guan Beacon Tower
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| Yang Guan Beacon Tower
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| Yang Guan Beacon Tower
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| View from Beacon Tower: Desert and water
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Dunhuang: Singing Sands & Crescent Lake Resort
Dunhunag: Mogao Buddhist Caves
Jiayuguan
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| 30 kiles NE of Dunhuang
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| 50 miles NE of Dunhuang
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| Great Wall, 4 miles West of Jiayuguan
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| Jiayuguan Fort, from train.
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| Great Dolphin of Jiayuguan
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| Great Dolphin of Jiayuguan
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Jiayuguan: First Beacon Tower
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| First Beacon Tower (Ming)
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| Ming Wall beside First Beacon Tower
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| Taolai River canyon & foot bridge
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| First Beacon Tower, from canyon bridge
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Jiayuguan Fort
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| 1907 & 2006 photos of Yumen Guan
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| 1907 & 2006 photos of Badaling
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Jiayuguan: Overhanging Great Wall
Elegant and extremely scenic, but alas only a modern reconstruction.
To Xian
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| Cosy but comfortable three-tier Hard-Sleeper.
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| 143 miles East of Jiayuguan
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| Great Wall, from train 148 miles E of Jiayuguan
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| Great Wall section, from train
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| Great Wall section, from train
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| 115 miles NW of Lanzhou
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| 24 miles West of Lanzhou
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| 40 miles SE of Lanzhou
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| 107 miles SE of Lanzhou
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| 161 miles SE of Lanzhou
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Xian
I was in Xian last October, so this was just a quick stop-over.
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| Small Wild Goose Pagoda
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| Small Wild Goose Pagoda
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| Shaanxi History Museum
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| Terracotta Warriors, Shaanxi History Museum
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| Terracotta Warriors, Shaanxi History Museum
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| Terracotta Warriors, Shaanxi History Museum
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| Terracotta Warriors, Shaanxi History Museum
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| Tang gold bowl
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| Tang Tomb Guardian
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| 80 miles W of Zhengshou
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| 130 miles North of Wuhan
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| Much new construction, 230 miles N of Shenzhen
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Shenzhen
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| Shenzhen downtown
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| Deng is The Man in Shenzhen
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International Trade Center
As visited by Deng Xiaoping
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| International Trade Center
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| A new giant: Ping An Finance Centre
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| KK100 Tower
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| KK100 Tower
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| Ping An Finance Centre from KK100
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| Looking down from the KK100
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| A relatively strong condemnation of the Bad Old Days.
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| The Olden Times
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| The People's Hero
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong's "Othanc" is more properly known as One IFC. But that is a very prosaic name for such a splendid building.
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| Central, from Ritz-Carlton, Kowloon
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| Orthanc from Ritz-Carlton
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| Orthanc, from Kowloon
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Orthanc's baby brother, One IFC
From the 55th floor of Orthanc, aka Two IFC
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| Bank of China Tower, from Orthanc
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| International Commerce Center, Kowloon
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| View from Victoria Peak
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| Orthanc from Victoria Peak
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| Orthanc
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| Orthanc up close
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Xinjiang