We left our beloved Mongolia on a night train and headed towards the province of Ningxia. We arrived in the city

Since we started traveling we have seen pagodas of all shapes and sizes almost everywhere. Kircher also noticed the numerous “towers”,

Loyally following the route taken by Grueber and d’Orville, we are now crossing the remote and rural parts of the

Today, we explored the Gao Miao Temple in Zhongwei. Over time, this temple has catered to Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.

The Desert: Over the course of several months, the Jesuits crossed an area of the Gobi Desert (which Kircher refers