Month: June 2025

I have seen many pictures of the Rainbow color landscape in Zhangye Danxia Geopark. I have always been suspicious that people photoshopped the images to get the brilliant colors. That is, until we got there and saw it with our own eyes. These brilliant rainbow bands are the REAL colors! The unusual colors of the …

Rainbow Mountains and Dunhuang (05/17-05/22/2025)-Part 2 Read More »

The Silk Route was an intricate network of 12,000 km of trade routes connecting China to Europe and India. For 1,500 years (130 BCE to 1453 CE), it was a critical path used for trade and cultural exchange. Gansu province, situated at the gateway of the Silk Road, served as a vital crossroads between East …

Grotto Buddha Painting and Sculptures in Gansu (5/12-5/22/25) – Part 1 Read More »