Friday, September 14, 2007

Jiuquan City


"Happy Birthday Miss Hungary" - Erika and the group outside our hotel in Jiuquan


Wine Spring Park

A worker making Jade Cups at the Luminous Cup Factory


A lunch banquet with city officials


Gansu Dayu Water-Saving Company Co.

Today was Erika's birthday (Ambassador from Hungary). We had arrived in Jiuquan late last night and had visited the Night Market before crashing. Life on the road is fun, but we are all feeling the effects of staying in a different hotel every night! This morning we visited Wine Spring Park, a famous site of the West Han Dynasty. We also visited the Luminous Cup Factory of Jiuquan. The cups are made from Qilianshan Jade and were first produced more than 2,000 years ago.

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