Finally heading for the big holiday, I am very relieved as relieved, to go practice my trips planned. I would go to the long-awaited go to a place close to - Xinjiang, where to go to enjoy the simplicity of folk customs, you want to taste the kind of bold step Massey domain feelings.
Do not have much preparation, I'm just carrying a few simple things around with two friends, embark on a train bound for Lanzhou. After the red base along the way - Jiangxi; handsome and elegant Guilin; leisure impressionistic, romantic and passionate of the Yangtze River Delta; crossed the Yangtze River, jump across the Yellow River, reaching as far as Gansu, and then take the train to Urumqi into the narrow Hexi Corridor . Moisture from the humid weather the transition to the dry and hot, but the scene changed from the green, green long yellow sand ... ...
In the way to Urumqi, and we went through the office, almost all of the Gobi, desert, hermit, even if there are some grass is also distributed in Xixishushu. Then summer comes in August, intolerable heat inside, the maximum temperature can reach over 40 degrees Celsius. But this piece of land but has its unique charm, draw us to move forward. Magnificent desert sunset, gentle stretches of sand dunes, dry riverbeds million years ago, Coke cleft the earth, covered with rocks of the wilderness, rich in rough texture of the Gobi, Mazumdar passionate snow-capped mountains, if you are lucky you can see a legend a mirage ... ...
Turpan grapes ripen
We went to the first stop is the Turpan in Xinjiang. Turpan had heard there are two characteristics: it is hot, sweet fruit.
Turpan is located in the central part of the low-lying basin in Xinjiang, there are "Fire Island," said that she is the ancient Silk Road city, but also a multi-ethnic area, where live Uygur, Han, Hui, Kazakh, Russian and other 24 nationalities. Turpan's unique geographical location makes the groundwater reserves are abundant, so lush fruits, grapes, watermelon, cantaloupe and other fruits; Also, because large temperature difference between day and night, dry climate and little rain, so fruit is very sweet.
Arrived in Turpan, when days are the wind is strong, the locals say that we come across a hundred years of good weather of epic proportions. The three of us to take a ride Turpan Hotel Turpan day bus tour of the forty yuan per person, visit the eight scenic spots. First, go to the south of Astana - Kamal and Zhuo tombs, but in fact no spectacle, only open three graves, only the pieces of paintings and two mummified and surrounded by a desolate. Then we went to Flaming Mountains. This is the one standing in the Gobi Desert on the red and yellow mountains, ravines undulating surface, which is quite spectacular; foot of the mountains there are Tripitaka apprentice Nishi learn passing a statue here, and many admirers around the pictures in the. The third attraction is the Ancient City of Gaochang visit, we rented a carriage door that ring a week. When the carriage driving in the open desert road, flanked by the ancient castle ruins, a sudden I have a feeling of Dreaming Qin Guan.
Grape Valley, we ate lunch at noon. Grape Valley really is the Gobi Desert oasis, there are large plantations of grapes, green leaves under the dense knot crystal dripping with clusters of grapes. Do not look around here are the Gobi desert, grass, but within an Grape Valley Journey Into Amazing Caves, which are derived from the natural geographical environment here. Grape Valley is a north-south length of about 7 kilometers from east to west width of 2 km of the Flaming Mountains gorges, flowing all day long relied on the melting snow from the Tianshan Mountains, trench around the lush, beautiful scenery. Either side of the road, the slopes are green sea grape trellis Dacheng. Here the main planting of white seedless grapes, horses breast, red roses and so on. Air-dried grapes here, the way is very special for local residents to grapes hanging around two-story brick house, this house, surrounded by a special puzzle house are covered with holes deliberately left behind, but the wind on the adoption of these holes inside the air-dried grapes, in which the system under natural conditions, especially fresh out of raisins, particularly sweet.
Eaten hand pilaf, but also the United States and the United States to taste the meal glucose meal, and we continue to visit the remaining three spots: karezes, Sugong tower, Jiaohegucheng. (To be continued)
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