DUNHUANG - Train from Jia Yu Guan to Dunhuang = 4 hours - slow and NASTY train - this is the only train that goes there.

Taxi Fees - Taxis do not use meter but charge 5 RMB anywhere inside the city limits. Taxis may take you to scenic spots at 500 RMB /day.

Lots to see in Dunhuang but the places are far (30-180 km) away. All scenic spots have already been completely controlled. Regardless if you are a do-it-yourself type person you still have to pay the piper. You can find tour services that only provide transportation but you must go to the places they included in each package tour. You pay for your own entrance tickets.

Dunhuang Old Town - 30 km away, can take taxi for 30 RMB or bus for 10 RMB. Tickets are 40 RMB. A complete waste of time and money. Totally, fake, NASTY, movie set. Completely empty except for the few suckers like me who went there. Most package tours include this nasty place.

Magao Grottoe - Unesco site - must reserve a ticket with ID or passport before you go. Only 200 tickets sold for each hour (200 RMB). Regardless of how you get there (15 km), by car, taxi, bus or donkey, you still have to go to the train station and take the Grottoe bus. No cars or other buses allowed, same as Xi Shan in Kunming.

LANZHOU - Mix of old and new buses - people stand next to the rear door before their stop arrives. Traffic congestion is a problem because there is a subway under construction.

Taxi fees - All taxis use meter. - 10 RMB/3 km + 1.40/km.

Water Wheel Park - waste of 10 RMB.

Sun Yat Sen Bridge - Free - very nice.

Yellow River scenery - very nice + Mother River Sculpture.

JIA YU GUAN - Clean city - High Speed Train from Lanzhou - 4 hours via Xining, Qinghai.

Taxi Fees - All taxis use meter. - 6 RMB/2 km + 2.20/km.

Taxi to Jia Yu Guan (JYG) Pass = 30 yuan. We took bus #4 for 1 RMB and it will take 30 minutes and ends 200 meters from main gate. Get hotel anywhere along #4 bus route.

Tickets to JYG = 120 RMB. We arrived at 0750 am (opens 0800) and we were first to enter before any tour buses. Had the place to ourselves for almost 1 hour.

Ticket also includes entrance to Overhanging Great Wall and the First Pier of Great Wall. Most people do not go to these places as you need a taxi to take you to both locations for 100 RMB. Both these places are great and very few tourists. Overhanging Wall resembles Badaling Wall in Beijing - amazing landscape diff than Beijing.

If you read the comments you would understand why they were deleted.

As always, it was a good decision.

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1 - If you are history buff like me you will certainly love this old place - Stone Dragon Dam Hydro-Power Plant - 石龙坝水电站 - Anning

2 - That evening you can go to the Hot Spring resorts in Anning.

3 - Take the train to Qujing - 1.5 hours and then enjoy the sights in Qilin District, Qujing.

4 - Luoping, Qujing - Go see the 9 Dragon Waterfall - Go again in April to see the Yellow Rapeseed fields.

5 - Chuxiong - 2 hour ride and go see the Yi Peoples Old Town. Can be seen from the highway. Also climb up to the top of the pagoda that is directly in front of the rest stop along the highway.

6 - Go to Yuan Mou, Chuxiong and see the SOIL forest. This is a good time to go as there are NOT many people there.

7 - www.gokunming.com/[...] - Go see Shi Yang Old Salt Town in Chuxiong or Heijing Old Salt Town in Chuxiong.

8 - www.gokunming.com/[...] - Go see Nuo Deng Old Salt Town in Yunlong county, Dali. many beautiful old bridges to see in that area.

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I am going out on this friday night - look at the clock brainchild - it is already 2150. Do you know what kind of women go out at this late in the evening? I am sure you can meet some good men like your EX at this time of night. Some women with PhDs just cant get enough of those wife beater men.

Be careful, you will probably run into some women haters both online and offline.

apparently you have lots of free time.

Sara thanks for helping me understand the purpose and reason for the lyrics of RAP music.