day
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itinerary
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Means of transport
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Times& Hotel
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1
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Europe - Pechino
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aereo
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2
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Bus+on foot +public transport
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3
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Beijin: city tour with guide-Forbidden city, Summer Palace- Chaoyang Theatre show
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Public transport
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0830AM
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4
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Beijin –Mutianyu (great wall) – Beijin- Datong
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bus +
day train K615(1545-2159)
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Hongqi Hotel
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5
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Datong – Yungang caves –hanging temple- wooden pagoda - Qiao family house - Pingyao
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bus
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Changyifeng hotel
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6
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Pingyao - -city tour+-Luoyang
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Bus+night train K237(0054-1128)
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On train
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7
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Luoyang caves-White horse temple- Xian
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Bus+ day train (1h ½) G661(19:23-20:59)
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Wenyuan hotel
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8
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Xian: city tour with guide-Terracotta warriors –Shanxihistory museum-giant wild goose pagoda
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Bus
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Wenyuan Hotel
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9
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Xian-tomb of emperor Jingdi, great mosque-bazar-Langzhou
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Bus+night train K119(2226-0632)
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All day
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10
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Lanzhou –speedboat from Liujaxia for thousand Buddha caves-Xiahe
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bus
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Baoma Hotel
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11
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Xiahe (Labrang Monastery – Gamia grasslands-Bajiao old villane-Tongren
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bus
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Dongfang Hotel
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12
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Tongren (Rongwo Gonchen Gompa) Repkong-Xining - Qinghai museum
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bus
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Taihe Hotel
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13
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Xining (Kumbum monastery or-taer si monastery)-Zhangye
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bus
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Honghao hotel
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14
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Zhangye –sleeping buddha- Danxia geological park
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bus
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Honghao hotel
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15
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Zhangye- AlxaYouqi-BadainDesert (yurta or guesthouse)
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Bus+4x4 (150km)
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Hostel
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16
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Badain Desert- Zhangye -Jayuguan –
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150+200 km
bus
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Tiandong hotel
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17
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Jayuguan fortess and Museum- wei and jin tombs - Dunhuang
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bus
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Dunhuang Grand hotel
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18
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Dunhuang- Mogao Grottoes-Mingsha Shan dunes( or crescent lake)- Liuyuan Railway station-Turfan
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Bus+night train K169(19.32-0415)
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On train
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19
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Turfan (Daheyan’s railway station 58km away)-turfan- Tuyoq (ancient uyguru village)-Bezeklik Caves-Emin Minaret-Jahoe ruins at sunset
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bus
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Turfan hotel
Turfan hotel
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20
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Turfan-Daheyan station-Kuqa
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Bus+day train K 9777 (2029-0500)
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On train
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21
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Kuqa- Mosque-Kizil Grottoes-Aksu-
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Bus+day train
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Tianfu Hotel
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22
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Aksu-Kashgar-old city-mosque-Yangi bazaar-Mao monument
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day train+Bus(still wait for these seats !)
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Seman hotel
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23
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Kashgar Sunday Market
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Bus
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Seman Hotel
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24
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Kashgar –karakul Lake with guide (Karakum lake resort) package activities (traditional house,
dairy products tasting, horse riding?)
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Bus+walk
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Yurt
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25
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Karakul lake-Kashgar
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Bus+walk
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Seman Hotel
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26
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Kashgar –Torugard Pass- Caravanserail Tarb Rabat-Naryn
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bus
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