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A wide shot of a mountainous landscape featuring numerous hills and peaks with distinct horizontal stripes of vibrant red, orange, yellow, and light grey rock. The arid terrain shows signs of erosion under a clear, pale blue sky.

Discovering China's Ancient Silk Road: A Journey Through Gansu Province

The air in Northwest China hits you differently—it is dry, ancient, and smells faintly of roasted cumin and dust. For [...]

A lone person walks along a narrow, winding dirt path between towering, rugged red sandstone walls of the Tianshan Mystic Grand Canyon near Kuqa, Xinjiang, with a sliver of bright blue sky visible above.

Xinjiang By Public Transport: 7–10 Day Route from Urumqi to Kashgar

Most guidebooks will tell you that traveling China’s far west requires a private driver, an expensive tour group, or a [...]