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Fields of sunflower along the Hexi Pass #SilkRoad
Mogao Caves in Dunhuang are deservedly famous. Fabulous! Only 8 caves open & no pix inside, but still v worthwhile
2,000-yr old b'fast cereal
2,000-year old shoes. I kid not.
The morning view from my hotel to beat all morning views (tho from b'fast place rather than room)
Old Silk Road city sacked by the Mongols
Dunhuang sand dunes
Doughnut peaches!
Turpan market
More turpan market
Caves of Tang Dynasty grottoes, mostly hacked out by marauding western explorers in 19th cent., grr
Noodles again, for lunch. We watched them being hand made. BIG YUM
Lunch - traditional Uighur again, this time dumpling, filled with meat & leak. YUM
AHAHA!! Lee min Ho flogging motorcycles (I think) with very bad Mandarin on China tv
Yum
Traditional Uighur dinner
Traditional Uighur dinner
AHAHA! Kim Soo Hyun is flogging stuff everywhere! Here he is on my tv in an oasis town in deepest Xinjiang
Tourists numbers, both foreign and local, have plummeted. But I've not felt unsafe here at all. It's too bad.
The scenery was darned spectacular.
I feel sorry for the merchants, though. No tourists! Not surprisingly...
Wonderful sights & sounds!
Well, a day wondering the bazaars & old town, and I'm no longer grumpy being CN
Next in the morning views from hotels series. Rather uncharming

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