Chengdu - Lanzhou - Xining (10 Years in Asia, 2009)

After spending a bit in Nanjing and doing sightseeing in and close by the city (visited things i will do later again and again, so i will show you later those tourist attractions). I was packing again and went to Chengdu 成都, not the first time i been there, before 2001 and 2004 i was there already. It was just more a stopover. And i need it, after traveling 1957 km with the train (30 hours) I had to freshen up myself with good food and some Sichuan beer. I went after 3 days staying in Chengdu to Lanzhou 兰州. Again a 1172 km train journey. I wanted to go to Xiahe (Sangqu) བསང་ཆུ but as there where tumults after the 2008 olympics and foreigners are not allowed, i failed to go there, even i tried to go from Xining 西宁 ཟི་ལིང་།. I found a guide in Xining and went with him instead to see some tibetan villages and temples outside Xining.

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