The most intuitive feeling when going to Gansu is dryness, the food stalls at Jiayuguan City's Datang Night Market are cheap and delicious

Last summer vacation, we took a whirlwind tour of Northwest China, mainly in Gansu and Qinghai. Honestly, I don't have much to say, just sharing my direct impressions: It was dry, when we flew to Lanzhou, my leggings gradually turned white and cracked. I forgot to bring body lotion when packing, thinking there would be in the hotel, but found that all the hotels arranged by the travel agency didn't provide body lotion. When we arrived in Dunhuang, I couldn't bear it, so I went out to find stores to buy body lotion at night. My son never uses lip balm, his lips never dry, but when we arrived on the third day, they cracked and bled, luckily, as a lifelong dry-lipped person, I always carry lip balm.

The transportation was a bit inconvenient. The tour guide (she said it, I didn't dare to bet on it) said the highway was built for many years and finally connected, but some sections didn't meet the standard of highway. Most of the roads were and , of course, because the tourist attractions are generally quite remote. The last leg was from Dunhuang to Lanzhou by train, and Dunhuang hadn't yet opened a railway line at that time. The nearest railway station was Liu Yuan South Station, which required a ride of an hour and a half to Liu Yuan South Station, and then another 7 hours and a half by train to Lanzhou West. I was surprised when I knew in advance that it would take 7 hours and a half to take the train, Guangzhou to Beijing high-speed rail is about 8 hours, Gansu is so long! After looking at the map, I realized that Gansu is a long and narrow province, Dunhuang and Lanzhou are at both ends, and I gained some knowledge. The train was newly opened for about six months, the carriages were new and few people were on board, so we could sleep, eat and play on our phones on the way, which was not difficult at all. Strangely, most of the time on the way, there were few people. Our train carriage was more crowded than in Zhang, but the tour guide didn't accompany us to the seat, and divided three carriages, which was really strange. We usually buy high-speed rail tickets, we don't dare to be reckless and buy tickets the day before departure, even if there are tickets, they are always scattered, so when we decided to take the train back to Lanzhou, my husband asked the tour guide every day when the tickets would be available, and the tour guide always said in a mysterious way, 'When are you in a hurry?'