The city is a major tourist spot in China, due to its well preserved ancient Buddhist caves on the old Silk Road. It is surrounded by desert dunes and desert plains and the arrival at the train station offers a gorgeous feeling of emptiness. The city...

Really not much to see in Lanzhou but the city got its fame around China for its Lanzhou noodles ( 兰州面 ), a moderately spicy noodle (delicious 拉面 ) soup with beef . We went to see the Huang river ( 黄江 also called 母亲江 - Mother River, because of the colour),...