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Xiujuan in a gully.
Right over these gully-ridden hills we should find the prairie. |
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Two calves and a cow |
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Xiujuan next to a monument to the remains of the Northern Wei
dynasty (386-534 AD) Great Wall. Notice it has both Chinese and Mongolian
characters. |
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Nothing but sheep and grass for as far as one
can see in all directions |
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This tiny cloud is the only one left in the sky.
It disappeared over the horizon minutes later. |
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A cow and calf |
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Xiujuan and I are now exactly 15 kilometers due
north of our starting point. We put my camera on a rock, using the timer
to take our picture before turning and heading west for the rest of the
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We've walked about 30 kilometers due west,
now the prairie has given way to fields of potatoes, wheat, and other crops. |
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40 kilometers west of our turning point,
we get water from the well of a family that has
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