3 Days in Wuhai

The Haibowan dam began holding back the Yellow River in 2013-14 and left the city a lake of roughly 120 square kilometres, with dunes running to the far shore — evening boards and lawns line the east bank.

1. wuhai lake
2. wuhai riverside parks

Sledges and camel lines on the dune field about 15 kilometres from downtown, then the cableway up Gandershan under an equestrian statue cast at roughly 88 metres, in view across most of the city.

1. wuhai jinshawan desert
2. wuhai gandershan statue

The museum tells the coal story of the 1976 merger that made one city of two mining towns, then the drive south about 40 kilometres to the monastery commonly dated 1778, where lamas once trained in Mongolian medicine.

1. wuhai city museum
2. wuhai manbala temple