Dunhuang
Feb 15th, 2004, 01:50 PM
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Dunhuang
I decided to go to Dunhuang this July.
My question: how does one get there? by plane, train, bus? and from where? Xian or Beijing?
If plane, what airline serve the Dunhuang airport?
Harmon
My question: how does one get there? by plane, train, bus? and from where? Xian or Beijing?
If plane, what airline serve the Dunhuang airport?
Harmon
Feb 15th, 2004, 10:06 PM
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Most tourists fly into Lanzhou, capital of Ganzu Province, and then take the train to Dunhuang station (1,100km, 13 hours; ~ 5 "express" trains per day: 3 overnight, 2 daytime) and then transfer to buses.
But there's also a recently expanded airport at Dunhuang. China Northwest (subsidiary of China Eastern) flies there from Xian once a day. www.cnwa.com There may be other air services.
But there's also a recently expanded airport at Dunhuang. China Northwest (subsidiary of China Eastern) flies there from Xian once a day. www.cnwa.com There may be other air services.
Aug 8th, 2004, 09:04 PM
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don't know if anybody still cares, but my travelogue can be found at
http://home.att.net/~kharman/GOBI/index.html
And thank you for all of you that helped me with this trip. Hong Kong part went so smoothly!
http://home.att.net/~kharman/GOBI/index.html
And thank you for all of you that helped me with this trip. Hong Kong part went so smoothly!
Aug 9th, 2004, 09:08 AM
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Interesting travelogue. You're the first person I know who fly in and out of the new Dunhuang airport. Those flights sound a little bit on the expensive side. I guess that's why many tour groups continue to use the train from Lanzhou.
Aug 9th, 2004, 09:46 AM
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The price for those flights on Expedia were $208 (from Xian to Dunhuang) and $335 (from Dunhuang to Beijing, with one stop. My flight was non-stop--and is not listed on Expedia).
I paid around $160 each for these flights...so relatively speaking, it wasn't too bad.
The plane was almost empty on both flights...so you're right. Not many people are using them.
and rkkwan...thank you.
I paid around $160 each for these flights...so relatively speaking, it wasn't too bad.
The plane was almost empty on both flights...so you're right. Not many people are using them.
and rkkwan...thank you.
