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The sheer massiveness of the Gobi Desert is unimaginable. Even as you stand on a dune, seeing it yourself, the idea that it goes on for miles and miles is impossible to wrap your head around. You know that you are seeing only a small fraction of the sand dunes, one after another, never-ending.
We got out of the city of Hohhot pretty fast. In less than five minutes, we were already barreling through the outskirts on a highway still under construction.
In Chongqing, we drove for more than an hour and a half, and the 20-story buildings could still be spotted on either side of us. I can see that even though we are on the outskirts, in the next five years that won't be the case.
I saw 14 cranes all at work and, as Tom O'Connor, our program director, tells us, they work 24 hours per day, seven days per week until they get the job done.
