{"id":5299,"date":"2011-07-31T01:09:24","date_gmt":"2011-07-30T17:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2022-04-10T20:24:06","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T12:24:06","slug":"the-landscape-viewed-from-the-flight-from-beijing-to-lanzhou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/travel-review\/the-landscape-viewed-from-the-flight-from-beijing-to-lanzhou","title":{"rendered":"The landscape viewed from the flight from Beijing to Lanzhou"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Early this morning we took CA1273,\u00a0an\u00a0Air China plane which was scheduled to take off at\u00a007:20 and land at 09:35 at Lanzhou Zhongchuan\u00a0Airport from Beijing to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;ved=0CBoQFjAC&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tour-beijing.com%2Fchina_silk_road_tours%2Flanzhou_travel.php&amp;ei=Jjg0TshdjOOYBfXq-fAK&amp;usg=AFQjCNGSQZUe0_jK7zQ6Hpeho6Swb7pGsA&amp;sig2=TPHbQIc0XXfIitMuKFIf_g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2200c1;\"><strong>Lanzhou<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to attend the Silk Road International Tourism Festival 2011. Basically there are about 9 daily flights running between Beijing and Lazhou, operated by Air China, Eastern China Airline, Hainan Airline. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">For unknown reasons, our plane didn&#8217;t take off as scheduled till 8:00am.\u00a0For\u00a0most of\u00a0our flight journey on the air, our plane flew at the hight of 8400 meters and at the speed of 900 km per hour. Our plane picked up speed and finally we landed safe at Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airpor. <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">In the course of the 2 hour flight, we were quite fascinated by the landscape below us, lush green mountains, boundless desert, chocalet coloured Yellow River and barrent sandy hills near <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;ved=0CBoQFjAC&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tour-beijing.com%2Fchina_silk_road_tours%2Flanzhou_travel.php&amp;ei=Jjg0TshdjOOYBfXq-fAK&amp;usg=AFQjCNGSQZUe0_jK7zQ6Hpeho6Swb7pGsA&amp;sig2=TPHbQIc0XXfIitMuKFIf_g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #2200c1;\"><strong>Lanzhou<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5300\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/travel-review\/the-landscape-viewed-from-the-flight-from-beijing-to-lanzhou\/attachment\/the-rolling-great-wall-is-below-us\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5300\" title=\"The rolling Great Wall is below us.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-rolling-Great-Wall-is-below-us..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-rolling-Great-Wall-is-below-us..jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-rolling-Great-Wall-is-below-us.-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rolling Great Wall is below us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5301\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5301\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/travel-review\/the-landscape-viewed-from-the-flight-from-beijing-to-lanzhou\/attachment\/sharply-divided-land-green-belt-and-desert\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5301\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5301\" title=\"Sharply divided land - green belt and desert\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sharply-divided-land-green-belt-and-desert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sharply-divided-land-green-belt-and-desert.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sharply-divided-land-green-belt-and-desert-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5301\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharply divided land &#8211; green belt and desert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5302\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5302\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/travel-review\/the-landscape-viewed-from-the-flight-from-beijing-to-lanzhou\/attachment\/a-train-rail-snake-across-the-desert\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5302\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5302\" title=\"A train rail snake across the desert\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-train-rail-snake-across-the-desert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-train-rail-snake-across-the-desert.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/A-train-rail-snake-across-the-desert-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5302\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A train rail snake across the desert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5303\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/travel-review\/the-landscape-viewed-from-the-flight-from-beijing-to-lanzhou\/attachment\/the-yellow-river-cuts-the-border-between-shanxi-and-shaanxi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5303\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5303\" title=\"The Yellow River cuts the border between Shanxi and Shaanxi\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Yellow-River-cuts-the-border-between-Shanxi-and-Shaanxi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Yellow-River-cuts-the-border-between-Shanxi-and-Shaanxi.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Yellow-River-cuts-the-border-between-Shanxi-and-Shaanxi-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Yellow River cuts the border between Shanxi and Shaanxi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5304\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5304\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/travel-review\/the-landscape-viewed-from-the-flight-from-beijing-to-lanzhou\/attachment\/again-the-boundless-desert\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5304\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5304\" title=\"Again the boundless desert\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Again-the-boundless-desert.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Again-the-boundless-desert.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Again-the-boundless-desert-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Again the boundless desertExpansive Sandy HillsMore barrent and snady hills around Lanzhou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5311\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/beijing-travel\/travel-review\/the-landscape-viewed-from-the-flight-from-beijing-to-lanzhou\/attachment\/more-barrent-and-snady-hills-around-lanzhou-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5311\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5311\" title=\"More barrent and snady hills around Lanzhou\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/More-barrent-and-snady-hills-around-Lanzhou1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/More-barrent-and-snady-hills-around-Lanzhou1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/More-barrent-and-snady-hills-around-Lanzhou1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More barrent and snady hills around Lanzhou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early this morning we took CA1273,\u00a0an\u00a0Air China plane which was scheduled to take off at\u00a007:20 and land at 09:35 at Lanzhou Zhongchuan\u00a0Airport from Beijing to\u00a0Lanzhou to attend the Silk Road International Tourism Festival 2011. Basically there are about 9 daily flights running between Beijing and Lazhou, operated by Air China, Eastern China Airline, Hainan Airline&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,31,8,174],"tags":[1278,1279],"class_list":["post-5299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beijing-tour-reviews","category-beijing-transportation","category-travel-review","category-lanzhou-travel","tag-beijing-lanzhou-flight-experience","tag-beijing-lanzhou-flight-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5299"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31459,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions\/31459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tour-beijing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}