Travel to Dun Huang

After a relatively light day in Jia Yu Pass, we travel to Dun Huang(敦煌). The trip takes about 4 hours by train from Jia Yu Pass and another 2 hours along a really bumpy road by bus. Along the way, we saw a sand structure said to be remains of the Great Wall from Han dynasty.

The surrounding is the vast Gobi Desert again. It is on this trip where one starts to realize how big China is in terms of land mass...

At dinner, we were served camel's foot. The meat really has no distinct taste of camel, and I recall only it has lots of connective tissue, giving the meat a gel like chewy texture. I really can't say it is delicious, and since I do not know if camel is endangered, I cannot recommend the dish again.

We went to the local night market after dinner. It was targeted mainly towards tourists. There were skewers of lamb BBQ on the street that smells wonderful. However, wary of the hygiene standards of street vendors, we decided to pass...