Taking a rest day here south of Lanzhou byabout 300 km. We'll head out to the NW tomorrow to bypass Lanzhou and try to get thru some Tibetian areas before entering the Naxi Corridor which is much more Muslim. The Muslim influence is quite predominate in this town despite all the liquor stores, pork for sale and no call to worship.
The country here is very arid but also very mountainous with great relief. We actually saw some snow capped peaks in the distance yesterday as the smog finally lifted. The country is something between Afganistan, Pakistan and Rock Springs, WY in term of physical appearance. Lots of compacted mud houses with walls about 16“ thick.
We hope to be in Urumqi by the end of the month to get our kazakhstan visa and then we'll bus to close to the border and ride from there. Should be home by July or early August at the latest. All well and this hotel has the best hot shower we've had on the trip!!!
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