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We had a very full day today, including a ride along the ancient western end of China's Great Wall, the discovery of a lost civilization, making a major motion picture (love those old&n … read more

Tonight we're in Zhangye, which is near the western end of China's Great Wall.  There's probably a joke in there somewhere about Donald Trump trying to get the Mongols to pay for the Great Wall, … read more

Last night, I wrote the Riding China chapter about our day entering the Gobi Desert. In it I mentioned that the Gobi looks a lot like our eastern Mojave Desert, and then I suggested seeing a few camel … read more

Gresh and I were joking last night about having left the Tibetan plateau. “I like the sound of it,” he said.   “How many people can start a story with  “When I rode my motorcycle on the … read more

Whoa, blessed relief…we are in Linxia (not Ningxia, as I reported our destination yesterday).  The spellings of Chinese things in English are easy to get distorted. We're down from the Tibetan pl … read more