We began the long journey home on Saturday, via Zhangye and Jinchang. In Zhangye we visited an Agricultural Garden and a Water Irrigation Exhibition Hall. Conserving water is a major focus for the local government as Gansu is very arid. After travelling through the Gobi desert I can understand why Lanzhou is covered in “keep off the grass” signs.
Jinchang is an industrial city and we visited the Jinchuan Non-Ferrous Metal Corporation (JNMC) this morning. Jinchuan Group Ltd is the largest producer of nickel, cobalt and platinum group metals in China and is the 3rd largest company in Gansu. Like JISCO the shear size of their facility is hard to fully take in.
After another fantastic banquet for lunch we got back on the bus and headed for home. We have had an amazing week, and I feel very fortunate to have had the chance to explore so much of Gansu Province.
We learned a few lessons this week as well;
1. Always be kind to your bus driver as it’s their job to keep you alive in the often crazy traffic.
2. All of us in the group could never make it in the army as the rations we had brought with us for the week we had eaten within a day of us leaving Lanzhou.
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