The Straits Times, the Gobi Desert, and Dun Huang

The Straits Times is the local paper here in Singapore, and it’s a good one.  I was reading The Times during a leisurely breakfast this morning when I saw this photo of Dun Huang…

The Straits Times’ article on Dun Huang in this morning’s edition…

Dun Huang is a Chinese tourist destination I had never heard of until Joe Gresh and I rode the Riding China adventure last year with our good friends from Zongshen.  It’s in northwest China in the Gobi Desert, and it was a hoot.  Joe and I swapped our RX3 motorcycles for camels for a little while.   No kidding.   We played in the Gobi’s Disney-like Dun Huang desert adventure, just like you see in the photo above.   Gresh named his Camel “Shep.”

Did Gresh walk a mile for this video?

That was a fun day.   I had never ridden a camel before and to my great surprise, I found it was a pretty cool experience.   Joe was busy trying to get his camel to smile; I found a more photogenic subject…

A pretty girl in the Gobi Desert…

I was reminded of those good times in the Gobi Desert as I read about Dun Huang during breakfast in Singapore this morning.  It’s a small world, I guess.

On a very much sadder note, the events in Las Vegas are dominating the news here on the other side of the world (as I imagine is the case all over the world).  It’s horrific, and our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Las Vegas.