Silk Road Day 11: Dunhuang

We left Jiayuguan at the crack of dawn and took the train to Dunhuang. We went straight to the Singing Sand Dunes (noise made by the wind) where the majority of the group went on a camel ride. Other less adventurous souls took a golf buggy tour. Riding Bactrian camels is way more comfortable than riding Dromedary camels. Just an observation.

Then we climbed the sand dunes - I nearly died - and did a toboggan ride to the bottom. The near-death-inducing climb was totally worth it - it was awesome!

See that tiny dot in the top right corner? That's where we climbed to, to do the toboggan run.

Tonight we went to dinner at the Silk Road Hotel where they put on a little show for us. The best part was the fireworks display, again all for our group. Once again we have two single beds which are as hard as tables but we're so exhausted from the sand dune climb we should fall asleep pretty quickly anyway.

Broome part 6

One of the last things we did in Broome was go on a camel ride along the beach. We totally thought it would be trashy and touristy but it was so much fun!



This is our camel Wun, showing us his lovely teeth:






Here is Wun showing us his long eyelashes:


Kendall and I with a spectacular sunset behind us:

Seriously, this was much more fun that I ever thought it would be. I did have a sore bum for a few days afterwards because camels? They are not comfortable to ride. But really good fun!

Overall it was a great relaxing holiday. I read five books, lots of magazines, we played lots of music on the iPods, and didn't think about work once. Just the way it should be.

Soon I'll tell you about the next holiday we have planned. It's a doozy.