After riding camels in Dunhuang, we took a 12-hour overnight train together to Lanzhou 兰州, the capital of Gansu. In Lanzhou, we ate Lanzhou Noodles, which are a famous specialty from the region. That day we went to a lecture about minorities in China, specifically the minorities found in the Northwest of China and in the Gansu region (including, for example, you may have heard of Tibetans and Uyghurs, just two of the 56 minorities that live in China).
The next day my friends Sean, Vince, Eitan, Josh, Nate and Chris hiked to a temple at a pagoda on the top of a mountain. I don't know how I always end up in situations where I'm the only girl. It was an awesome view and we could see the whole city. We joked that the river looked like chocolate milk. At 5:00 pm, we heard the Islamic call to prayer coming from a mosque in the city. We climbed back down the mountain and went to a bustling street market, sampling as many snacks as we could, especially the Islamic food. At night we went to a bar across the street from our hotel and chatted together for a few hours over a couple beers.
This was one of my favorite days in China.
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