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Jiayuguan
hard/soft seat ¥103/160, seven to eight hours; hard/soft sleeper ¥179/275,
11 hours
Xi'an
hard/soft sleeper ¥164/252, nine hours
Xiahe
0941 / POP 70,000
The alluring monastic town of Xiahe attracts an astonishing band of visitors,
from backpack-laden students, insatiable wanderers, shaven-headed Buddhist
nuns, Tibetan nomads in their most colourful finery, camera-toting tour groups
and dusty, itinerant beggars.
Sights
LABRANG MONASTERY
( Labuleng Si; admission ¥40)
With its endless squeaking prayer wheels (3km
in total length), hawks circling overhead and the deep throb of Tibetan trum-
pets resonating from the surrounding hills, Labrang is a monastery in the en-
tire sense of the word. In addition to the chapels, residences, golden-roofed
temple halls and living quarters for the monks, Labrang is also home to six
Monastery
