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 Silk Road Tour August 2000  | 
 
 Section 1: Shapotou
 

 
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Tengger Desert
Shapotou is a small village in the Ningxia province, sandwiched between the sand dunes of the Tengger
Desert and the Yellow River. It is a quiet and very pleasant place to stay.
 

  
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Water wheel at the Yellow River
The small mountain village Beichangtai has the last operational water wheel. We
made the way back to Shapotou by an 5 hours leather raft on the Yellow River.