Journey along the Silk Road (or that week in May when I took all the trains)
I know when you think of Silk Road you imagine camel caravans of traders, spices upon spices, exotic tastes and smells, vast landscapes. Well, fast forward to the Silk Road remains of today in Northwest China’s Gansu province, and you get camel caravans of middle school students on a field trip, monks upon monks on their iphones, the tastes and smells of the slow train, but yes, definitely vast landscapes still abound. Paul and I planned an epic one week journey along the Silk Road on our quest to cover all top 30 Lonely Planet and Rough Guides destinations in china- we ticked off 7! And since long time no blog, I deemed it worthy of sharing. So here we go. Stop 1: Dunhuang . After a plane to a taxi to an overnight train, we woke up to our first Silk Road city. Dunhuang used to be a major trading spot on the Silk Road but currently is just a nice tourist destination and jumping off point for seeing the Gobi Desert. When we arrived at our hotel, the sand d...