Locations we'll visit in China
By now you all know that Sophie currently lives in Inner Mongolia. That is her province. The city that she lives in is called Baotou. When we travel to Inner Mongolia we will meet her in the capital city of Hohhot, and hopefully visit her orphanage in Baotou. After visiting Inner Mongolia we will travel south to the Guangdong province to Guangzhou, where the U.S. Consulate is located. You will see the green northern Inner Mongolia and purple southern Guangdong province below.
Here is an Inner Mongolia specific map. You can see it is bordered by both
Mongolia and Russia. Baotou is a four hour train ride from Hohhot.
Okay, now that you've had a geography lesson, let's see if we can make this blog interactive! Let's show Sophie all of the people that care about her and her homeland. We're going to have a contest to see who can comment with the most interesting fact about Inner Mongolia.
Let the games begin!!!
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The weather changes dramatically from day to night so tourist should wear layers of clothes.
Inner Mongolia has a peculiar natural scenery, long history and brilliant culture. There are many historic sites in this area. Some of the key historic sites are:
Wudangzhao Monastery in Baotou is a vast complex and used to be the residence of the highest ranking lama in Inner Mongolia and now it is the only intact Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Inner Mongolia.
Inner Mongolia is the hometown of Genghis Khan (1162-1227), the great leader of Mongolians. Genghis Khan's Mausoleum, located 185 kilometers (about 71 miles) south of Baotou, holds his clothing buried in his memory.
Dazhao Temple is one of the biggest and best-preserved temples in Hohhot. Xilituzhao Palace is the largest surviving Lama temple in Hohhot.
Zhaojun Tomb, six miles to the south of Hohhot, is located on one of the most beautiful scenes of ancient times. A legend says that each year, when it turned cold and grass became yellow, only this tomb remained green and so it got the name Green Tomb (Qing Zhong).
Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda, also called White Pagoda, used to be a place where nearly ten thousand volumes of Huayan Scripture were preserved. It is an exquisite and magnificent brick-wood structure about one hundred and fifty feet tall.
And the best thing to see currently in Inner Mongolia is Sophie :) But she wont be there long so dont plan a trip around that unless you are Jason and Stacey.
Love you guys
Its the only place that horses outnumber people. (according to Ask.com) :)
Beautiful babes in Inner Mongolia await some anxious families to bring them home!! A fellow waiting on 800 family.
Love the split pants on the blog...just awesome.
Here's to safe and soon travels.
Wow Jerica! You did your homework.
Lieba, funny because we just watched a show called Wild China and Jason thought we should buy a horse for Sophie because surely she'll be a good rider (stereotype alert!).
Tracey, thanks for the positive thoughts and good wishes. Maybe we'll up soon!
Who else has info about Inner Mongolia?
Place with Deer or
Deer City is the name of the region Baotou..here is the picture ofthe Deer statuehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Baotou.jpg
Have fun and maybe a deer not a horse is the pet of choice, since Sophie comes from the Deer City....Love A Debs
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