Great grassland hours away
China Daily | Updated: 2007-08-23 07:07
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Most herdsmen now ride motorbikes to save time. Photos by Jiang Dong |
It takes around 5 hours by car from Beijing to Lanqi Banner of Xinlin Gol League of Inner Mongolia, where you can enjoy the scenery of grassland and mysterious sand dunes. The road to Lanqi is dead straight. You just keep driving northward following the signals.
There are only a few three-star hotels over the Shangdu town of Lanqi and accommodation costs between 400 and 500 yuan ($50-60) per night. The famous Kublai Khan's imperial palace relic is only 20 minutes away.
China Daily
(China Daily 08/23/2007 page20)
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