TO DO IN Taiyuan
https://www.chinadiscovery.com/taiyuan-tours/things-to-do.html
HOHOT - INNER MONGOLIA
HOHHOT TO DO:
YINCHUAN - Ningxia autonomous region
https://www.chinatravel.com/yinchuan-attraction/
BAOTOU - INNER MONGOLIA
Maitreya lamastry
BAOTOU TO DO:
https://www.chinahighlights.com/baotou/attraction/
ORDOS - INNER MONGOLIA
https://www.topchinatravel.com/ordos/ordos-attractions.htm
DATONG
Arriving early I found a hostel near the station, I washed and left my stuff, drinking some coffee to waken me before meeting my Chinese friend.
we got a local bus then taxi to Heng mountain to see the hanging temple
however, upon arriving we could see the line outside it was not only long was visible along the cliff with an expensive price and hot hot weather we decided to take some pics and head back to the city to look around the old town and huge city walls.
DATONG
Datong is in northern Shanxi Province and borders Inner Mongolia to the north and west and Hebei to the east.
its a lovely area to explore, we hired bikes and whizzed around before he left for work and I got a bus to the Yungang Grottoes which is about 16km outside the city.
YUNGANG GROTTOES
the place is huge! there's a beautiful temple surrounded by a lake, inside monks were chanting
it was beautiful.
from here you walk onwards to the ancient Yungang Grottoes full of statues of buddhas
The Yungang Grottoes, formerly the Wuzhoushan Grottoes, are ancient Chinese Buddhist temple grottoes near the city of Datong in the province of Shanxi. They are excellent examples of rock-cut architecture and one of the three most famous ancient Buddhist sculptural sites of China. The others are Longmen and Mogao.
we I finally arrived back on the city I came across a live band performance in the street. I spent the evening walking in and around the old city walls and palace, its not very busy nor is there too many areas that are open but it was nice.
The next day I got the bus and checked out the local museum before getting my train
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