At 8:00am we start for Ruoergai Grassland (our first destination today) from Labrang Civil Aviation Hotel in Xiahe in Gannan Tibet Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province. The 280km drive takes about 3 and half hours largely along the National Highway 212. Ruoergai Grassland is located in the north of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture…
On Augaust 01, on the way back from Langmusi Town to Xiahe County, we made a detour from the national highway No.213 and went to Gahai Lake for a short trip. Gaihai Lake is located 1km west of the main road, the national highway No.213, about 30km away from Langmusi on the way to…
Labrang Monastery is located on the north of Daxia River in the west of Xiahe County of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province. This most important Tibetan monastery outside Tibet was first founded by Ngagong Tsunde, the first generation of Jamyang from nearby Ganjia in 1709. it is an important monastery of the Gelukpa or the…
Together with my co-worker Mr.Jonhy Hao, we took the 2 hour flight CA1273 for Lanzhou. CA1273, an Air China flight was scheduled to take off at 07:20 and land at 09:35 at Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport from Beijing. Basically there are about 9 daily flights running between Beijing and Lazhou, operated by Air China, Eastern China Airline, Hainan Airline. For unknown reasons,…
Lanzhou is one of the best places to pick up some local products and handcrafts during your short trip. You may what local products and handcrafts Lanzhou has. Well, I have summed up some of the popular local products in Lanzhou below for your reference: 1. Lily Lanzhou produces very good lilies, sweet and…
As the capital city of Gansu, one of the less developed provinces in China, Lanzhou doesn’t possess many luxury hotels. At the time of my writing, no international chain hotels are available in the city of Lanzhou. Mid-range hotels, like 4 or 3 stars take a large share of the market in Lanzhou. In the past few years, Lanzhou has…
So you are in Lanzhou! Or maybe you are thinking of making a business or leisure travel to Lanzhou. One thing may linger in your mind: does Lanzhou have nightlife considering a city in northeast China perched on the loess plateau. The answer is yes! In addition, the nightlife of Lanzhou will surely surpass your…
Plan your Lanzhou trip? If you are interested in killing your night time in drinking at bars or pubs, Lanzhou will not let you down. Lanzhou has two bar streests – Gannan Street (甘南路) and Maijishan Road (麦积山路). This time I didn’t go to Majishan Street due to my time shortage in Lanzhou. Instead I went…