Galen and I stood on the edge of the tiny town of Huangyiian,thumbs in the air.A squat and dusty place,it is an hour outside ofXining,Qinghai province's capital.We were about 30 percent of the way through our trip...Galen and I stood on the edge of the tiny town of Huangyiian,thumbs in the air.A squat and dusty place,it is an hour outside ofXining,Qinghai province's capital.We were about 30 percent of the way through our trip to hitchhike the Silk Road,and that day we were trying to make it to Qinghai Lake.展开更多
We were almost a fiftli of the way along our joumey along the Silk Road,in the town of Huazangsi,when we encoun-tered fairies.Huazangsi is a Tibetan area in the Gansu Corridor,just two hours northwest of Lanzhou.Thoti...We were almost a fiftli of the way along our joumey along the Silk Road,in the town of Huazangsi,when we encoun-tered fairies.Huazangsi is a Tibetan area in the Gansu Corridor,just two hours northwest of Lanzhou.Thotigh most people tliink of the Silk Road as ail sandy desert,the land here is largely high alpine pastures and mountains.展开更多
文摘Galen and I stood on the edge of the tiny town of Huangyiian,thumbs in the air.A squat and dusty place,it is an hour outside ofXining,Qinghai province's capital.We were about 30 percent of the way through our trip to hitchhike the Silk Road,and that day we were trying to make it to Qinghai Lake.
文摘We were almost a fiftli of the way along our joumey along the Silk Road,in the town of Huazangsi,when we encoun-tered fairies.Huazangsi is a Tibetan area in the Gansu Corridor,just two hours northwest of Lanzhou.Thotigh most people tliink of the Silk Road as ail sandy desert,the land here is largely high alpine pastures and mountains.