kjp

So there's pretty much zero I can do. We leave Dunhuang in 40 minutes at 4pm. I'm all packed, ready, etc. So there's not much to do - just 15 minutes to kill or so. Anyhow.

I had lunch with 2 other of the people in the tour group at a very local restraunt (when we walked in the volume in the place dropped a bit...). We had donkey. Eee-oor. It was pretty tasty - a strong taste like old beef that had been cooked for ages. And was quite rich, and stringy.

This morning (early) we were riding on camels across the sand dunes nearby, watching the sun rise over the dunes. Nice, but cold. Camels have got very dodgy teeth. It's a pretty smooth ride, just the getting up and down bit is a bit worrying - you feel as though you're almost going to go head first if you don't hold on.

The early morning start (5am) was a bit hard given that the previous night our group was out being raucous at a karaoke (yes, karaoke) place until 1 or 2 am or so.... Aussies drinking lots and being raucous. What a surprise.