From Turpan, we drove to the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Cave complex (5th to 14th century), nestled in a gorge of the Flaming Mountains. The cave grottoes’ best murals were hacked away by German explorer Albert von Le Coq who sent them to Berlin where they were subsequently destroyed during WWII when the city was bombed.…Continue reading China – Dunhuang & Jiayuguan & Xiakou & Chongqing
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China – Yangtze River
This section of our China trip gave us a brief introduction to the Three Gorges Dam (a controversial hydroelectric project that displaced over 1.9 million people in the attempt to become the world’s largest dam), Shennong Stream (a 60 kilometer tributary off the Yangtze River that is home to various Minority groups and is most…Continue reading China – Yangtze River