D1 2003-9-12 Guangzhou - Urumqi (Accommodation)
At noon arrive, take the airport bus to the Hongshan ￥ 8, the opposite Parkson Shopping Center next to the text of joint guest houses, conditions in general, ￥ 80 / Standard rooms, or ￥ 25 / bed. Then with the beginning and Kobayashi shopping: People's Square, the liberation of South erdaoqiao on the market. Kobayashi first come, for two days, even the bus routes have already been made clear.
Erdaoqiao not what I imagined the kind of street-bazaar (market), has been planning and management into a shopping mall, which is a one of the stalls, filled with dazzling ethnic handicraft: Uygur Flower hats, scarves, carpets, bronzes, musical instruments, knife ... ... There are dried fruits, spices, herbs, cosmetics, linens, tapestries, cloth ... ... across the street from the International Grand Bazaar is a building rich in ethnic characteristics of the luxury commercial buildings, many of the brand's stores, the center is a beautiful square. But erdaoqiao goods too commercialized, and some Uighur businessmen even more outrageous, a little taste of hard sell. If you do not want to buy, then best not to ask the price, watch what to do. You ask the price, if not to buy, some Uighur businessmen will pull you do not let you go, insisted a price you can not, then, next will be gathered around 12 Xianhan over chime, so you do not a sense of security. If the price low, even if the final deal, and our money after the Uighur businessman would be very happy to pushing and shoving to turn you out. Including shopping malls subsidiary of the post office and next to the Uygur older sister is also associated stalls, huh, because I do not buy her recommended vendors craft paper box (a small paper box to ￥ 25, really ridiculous), she refused to let me post parcel. Any nation has good people and bad, as a tourist, do not take it for granted that all minorities are honest good, in the commercial areas, or more careful we go.
Zhao brother to the night, the night market in the 51 first met, in order to facilitate the identification, he was specially tied a handkerchief on his head, coupled with stalwart physique, like a pirate captain.
D2 2003-9-13 Urumqi - Asia Center - on the 1st Glacier - Nanshan Pasture - Urumqi (Accommodation)
Perilla came early in the morning to join with us and I lose no time to Red Mountain Park, Kobayashi, diagonally across from the post office to send parcels, which the attitude of a Han Chinese female staff excellent, warm spring breezes. Then four packets of a taxi, ￥ 300 / day. Asian Center is a man-made landscape, this one tour only. Glacier on the way to go on the 1st, after Chinese Academy of Sciences glacier research station, I heard that in front of roads, can not only turn back. Went Chrysanthemum Taiwan, because season wrong, chrysanthemums have been grateful to the. Magnificent scenery along the way both sides of the valley. First time I saw shepherds in droves to catch a ride a hundred sheep transitions, excited for a while. In the Nanshan Pasture rented horse ran an hour, ￥ 20. Kobayashi had no experience, to stand behind the horse's bottom and was Ma Back shoe kick the foot, across the jeans, legs were bleeding, and fortunately only a skin injury.
Arrived in Urumqi, are not used to the time difference here, at noon until two o'clock dinner, starved to death. Eat on the roadside restaurant the best of this second visit of the Yellow River to eat melon and Taipan Ji, five people eat endless weight, ￥ 50 1 (a chicken), has a matte finish to miss the Taipan Ji-ri Small potatoes. Eat less, and then puts inside Gapi belt surface (hand-rolling wide-side), how much to eat much. So just order one dish on the tube saturation.
Immediate concern at night in groups to determine the trip to find a meal of Action activities separately. Here at eight or nine o'clock until after dark.
D3 2003-9-14 Urumqi - Heavenly Lake - Palette Town - Fire Mountain - Fuyun - Beitun (Accommodation)
Tianchi name only, and tickets actually want to ￥ 60! To be fair, then visit any of a lake than it is beautiful. Really do not regret it, go to a more regret. Take the oil line highway, through the Cainan oilfield, through gurban Tongut Desert (in order to facilitate the memories that we call "is not easy through the desert" or "unusual pain in the desert"), from a slipped on a desert highway in a into only a few dozen kilometers to the colorful city, shuttle without, can only be chartered, tickets ￥ 30. A professional photography group (a full two buses) has occupied a number of hills were put up in Changqiangduanpao. Trip a few days later we continue to meet with them. Northern line seems to be similar. [Quote: Palette Town is the most beautiful Yardang Landform in Xinjiang, colorful, with colorful metaphors that not be overstated. Read the colorful city, the other Yardang Landform have disdain, and Urho's Mo Guicheng not have spent. Colorful city Yardang Landform a large, multi-layered, colorful red, yellow, white-blue-black gray-green color, into the earth like a base package into a maze, one by one by water erosion of soil bags, soil may contain the chemical elements different, showing red, yellow, white blue-black color. Here there are some petrified wood, the distance strangely shaped mound, there is an elephant elephant dung-like, gray-green, there is a wall erosion was on Capitol Hill as the United States presidential statues, colorful city did not stay points. ] In order to catch fire in the mountain before dark to see (via, no fees) We have no other city in the colorful sunset. Way to beat the desert sunset, very brilliant. Kogut desert sand-fixing doing well, looked along the road on both sides, not imagined the endless expanses of golden sand dunes, but a dazzling yellow of the low hills, vegetation, like grass Haloxylon, Tamarix, sand spine a class of plants, this is the local Corps of the results of decades of hard work. But I am a bit disappointed because I did not want to see the magnificent desert scenery, is said to be the southern border of the Taklimakan Desert to see the kind of view, it should be in the second half of the trip, and expect that. Desert moon is a trace of strange: red, large, if Yinpen than the moon in the city should be much larger, far floating on the horizon, has been watching us, somewhat ominous gloomy feeling. Fortunately, next to the Big Dipper's Silver Can-a tablespoon a little bit righteous. Singing off when they saw the rise of a long absence, the stars shine the Milky Way. Last year saw the Milky Way are in the Tiger Leaping Gorge, and Jiuzhaigou, but also reminded of Teacher Chang Village Inn and the lotus leaf quiet night. Occasionally on both sides of desert highway could see a little wild child Huangyangchuan are a few who can easily frightened, and ran at once disappeared. Our driver said to the hunting of wild animals in Xinjiang are now very strict penalties, ranging from fines while in jail, so some drivers, careless driving at night struck and killed crossing the road are afraid of wild animals which saved to the. Be regarded as good news. Through the Irtysh. Beitun arrived around 2:00. Today, very difficult.
Author: vivisun
