During the Spring Festival this year, I went on an amazing journey down the Silk Road; mostly to see if it is a journey I could do again to see the Total Solar Eclipse taking place in August, 2008, but also to finally see many of the sites I have heard about for so long.

While returning from a journey down the Silk Road, I stopped at the Great Wall of China at Jiayuguan. Although it was recently restored, and not quite the old beat down wall you would expect from something almost 500 years old, it was still an amazing place to visit. And where else are you going to get to see a part of the Great Wall and be the only one there! Granted, that was mostly because I was there in the Winter.

Here is a quick 360 degree video taken from the top of one of the sand dunes of Mingsha Shan, or Singing Sands Mountain, directly in front of the Crescent Moon Spring in Dunhuang, Gansu Province in China. The video was shot on February 26th, 2007, there is snow in many places and half the spring is frozen so you can just imagine how cold it is. However, when you're hiking up, you get so hot and sweaty that you convince yourself it is a good idea to take off your shoes so they don't get full of sand. When you finally calm down after reaching the top you start to realize how cold it is.