Badain Jaran Desert Interior - Curves Drawn by God

Badain Jaran Desert is ranked as one of Top Five Most Beautiful Deserts in China by National Geography Magazine.
Badain Jaren Desert, lied in the west of the Alasha Plateau in Inner Mongolia, covers 44,000 square kilometers, ranking the third in China and the fourth in the world. Most of the area of the desert is composed of large un-vegetated or sparsely vegetated dunes.
The steep dunes rise up high from the flat ground, one after the other, covering the whole desert. Paths zigzag up the dunes and down to the next; and as for road signs - there are only the dried white droppings of camels to guide you, or simply gut instinct. When the camel's pads step onto the sand drifts, the sand slides down, and the camels too, often slip back a step for every two they climb. You have to lie on your stomach over the camel, holding firmly onto its front hump for fear of falling off. Unlike in the flat gobi, the camels cannot run at will; it takes much time and all their breath to creep over every single dune.
Facing its infinite emptiness and unending dunes, you can only fell expansive and still. The world here is simplified into three elements - dunes, camels and vastness. Walking in the Badain Jaran Desert is like walking through thousands years of history; it feels like a pilgrimage too, as you face the pyramid dunes of Alasha.
Walking in the desert calls for patience. In fact, there is nothing to worry about. Ahead of you lies nothing but sand, nothing but loneliness, nothing but one day following another. But walking in desert, there is much space and time for reflection. For letting the mind wander; this vast backdrop is better than lofty mountains and flowing rivers. If you suddenly spot camels in the far distance, you feel a surge of warm emotion.