Sometimes, during your travel you find that one place that hasn¡¯t been discovered by the mass tourism industry. It is one of those places you are not sure of if you should share it with the rest or keep it…

Boring can be beautiful, we did not know that. . The road from Urumqi to Lanzhou in West-China runs in a straight line through the desert. Sometimes the deserted landscape is broken by a dusty little town or a tollgate…

When thinking of desert sand dunes, the first thing that will probably come up in your mind is the Sahara desert and the second thing is a blistering heat. Guess what, we are in Dunhuang China in front of 500…

We feel kinda sad leaving Dunhuang. Why…? Well, because it has a nice and cosy feeling to it but even more because of the everlasting impression the sanddunes and the Mogao caves made on us. We have to drive back…

Michel: My god….we¡¯re not going to make it! Elles: Mmmmhh… what¡¯s happening? Michel: Euuuhh sorry… i was having a bad dream… never mind…better get some sleep. Elles: Watch out for that car!!! Michel: Mmmmmmh what do you mean car.. somebody…

Zangye is famous for it reclining Buddha statue, apparently the biggest in China. After seeing the immense statues at Dunhuang, we are up for it although we are still tired. Driving in China hasn’t come easy. Very bad roads, sand…

Instead of driving onwards we take a break in Lanzhou. We need it as we are dead tired and have a lot of work to do. This trip doesn’t come easy. Next to driving we write and film as well…

Early in the morning we arrive at the car and pack it. Michel does his quick inspection of the car and comes to a horrible conclusion. Somebody has been standing on the rack on the back of the car bending…

We have a good night sleep, something we needed desperately. We pack the car and head towards the Tibetan Yellow Hat Temple complex Ta-er Si. The evening before we had not seen any monks or nice buildings. But when we…

Xiahe is a little town named after the river Xia that runs alongside the town. The town is actually split into two. One part is Muslim the other Tibetan Buddhist. The great thing is that both sides live alongside each…