China - Inner Mongolia (PDF Chapter)
Travellers heading north of the Great Wall might half expect to see Mongol hordes galloping through the vast grasslands. The reality is rather different: 21st-century Inner Mongolia is a wholly different place from Mongolia itself.
- saddle up for a horse ride around the Hulunbei’er Grasslands
- explore the colourful esoteric mysteries of Tibetan Buddhism at Da Zhao, and be astonished by the tantric statues on display at beautiful Wuta Pagoda in Hohhot
- wander amid the ancient walls of Shangdu and contemplate the vanished wonders of Kublai Khan’s pleasure dome
Coverage includes: Hohhot & Around, Shangdu, Baotou, Genghis Khan Mausoleum, Haila’er, Enhe, Manzhouli, Shi Wei.
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