Does not make sense Preface

Westbound journey distant and short-lived, but calmly. This is our home of the seventh day, the National Day holiday is over. Along the way, I do not brewing this kept the notes, but until now only pick up a pen, the fingers can not keep up much faster the speed of thought. Just a hotel in Turpan has witnessed China's long-cherished wish of the realization of football, and some excitement, so he went out with her husband wandering around in a circle, a small town west of autumn night, the flashing neon conceal its chilly. Lying on the square of some ragged guy, they may not know the news of the victory, the victory may be indifferent to this ... ...

Oh, pull into the distance.

Urumqi is the time to 22:00, Beijing time 1:00, and some tiredness, and tomorrow, but also traveling. Now have had to remember a running account, first, to write a decent future for himself travels to leave tips, two have come to the right when the Raiders, was interested in this trip to a friend, perhaps, useful suggestions.

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Call companions: post before leaving around half of the final agreement with the tour a total of six. Posted relatively high response rate is ctrip and sanfo, recommended.

Transport: Departure from Beijing to the northwest line of a twice-vehicle more appropriate.
First, the city of Beijing to Bird T69 times, bypass Xi'an, along Silk Road westbound, full 48 hours, to Jiayuguan about 36 hours, air-conditioned express bus fares;
The other time was to Jiayuguan and Lanzhou, respectively for the two end point, the next day start of the K43, through Shacheng, Datong, north Hohhot, Baotou, off to the northwest by the Yinchuan, Wuwei, Zhangye to Jiayuguan, takes about 34 hours, the fare is about T69 half.
Of course, you can travel by plane, Dunhuang, Beijing has direct flights, but the models are not very good, and miss the way landscape is a pity. It is therefore proposed to go by train, in addition to the summer outside, sitting K43 to be the most cost-effective choice. If the summer go, it is recommended that you sit in air-conditioned T69.
Tickets start a very tight, to close the last two days but leave them loose. The results of a four-day advance purchase only a hard seat, 3 days in advance to buy the hard sleeper of the upper berth, two days in advance to buy the contrary, is the best hard-berth lower berth. This is also regarded as a bit of useful experience: leave early before the tickets should not be too much.

Landscape running account:
October 1 Sheung, K43 10:00 Departure from Beijing Railway Station, very clever and the other two companions we buy a ticket separately, actually in the same box, but unfortunately, the other two had a hero in the hard-seat compartment to hold a hibernation-like. Foncha cross the railway via the Yongding River, the Yanshan Mountains on the slopes can be seen occasionally some leaves, winding canyon in the water clear, hazy and indistinct. Train in the mountains around between the drill to go through the flash on a few of the 60 tunnels, to the grapes of Shacheng, harvest season began a unique pastoral scenery Zhen Zhen approaching, but man has been a bit tired, has no intention to enjoy. Middle of the night wake up, see the car window with a full moon as the only suddenly remembered today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, drowsily went to Hohhot, the platform of the station to buy some milk tablets and Naisu, a very strange taste, not too delicious. Woke up the next morning the car had come to Yinchuan, see the lush grassy meadow, glistening yellow rice fields, a good school of Frontier southern scenery. Mix the other two have been merging with us, our armed forces joined forces were enjoying themselves. Laughing all the way, all the way landscape, the eradication of a variety of snacks, unknowingly has entered the desert thousands of miles, but for the vast expanse of desert and brought rain, day Heights broad picture disappeared, I really can not tell is the joy or regret.
Continuous along the Qilian mountains, occasionally oasis, the sheep, the Great Wall Canyuan ... ... everything is most exciting, jumping for joy. Arrived in Jiayuguan, the unknowingly they are dark, it is the Lunar August 16, according to scientific reports say that this is the roundest moon day, a Haoyue heart hanging in the days, the air slightly cold winter's heart, it is blood boil - old Jiayuguan ah! We are coming!

Jiayuguan:
Click "Tibetan Antelope" (This is a very practical travel guide book) Guidelines, we direct a taxi to the Grain Bureau Guest House, fares 10 yuan, the driver is a simple warm young man, he laid down the room waiting for us, but also Free brings us to a bustling night market - rich and strong market, there are a lot of snacks, night markets with other than the look clean and orderly. Jiayuguan is far beyond my imagination, is a clean, beautiful, vibrant town, planning, orderly and beautiful environment of the streets, always can see a relatively sophisticated urban sculpture, but sculpture, the theme was not very clear. Because festivals, roads and squares on both sides of the lanterns are lit ceremony, and on the Chang'an Avenue, these lantern ceremony with a variety of shapes, colors, it can express a joy. See all aspects of the city manager is very motives.
As the book said, the Grain Bureau hostel cheap, clean, safe, decent service attitude and evening 9:00 to 12:00 the supply of hot water, the public bathhouse. While bathing is not convenient, but relatively 21 yuan / night standard room price is very, very affordable.
The next morning, still the young man's car package fare 90. He designed for us a very busy schedule, first of all to the Great Wall first pier - Feng Sui Jiayuguan Great Wall, the most western site, passing through the city of Jiayuguan, when closed, it is at sunrise, by the way off according to tower panorama. Feng Sui far from the city center, soon to go. This is definitely a shocking picture that can not be forgotten, according to the holy mountain of Monju, Fengsuiqiaoli at the cliff of the River, the ancient City Wall from the Great Northern River canyon cliffs stretching out. I climbed on the beacon tower, overlooking the river valley can not help but trembled, went so far as regards get on the ground for help. Ge want to annuities, barriers confront the two armies, the soldiers, if timid, as I, this is how embarrassed.
Tun best in the world without tickets, which insists on a genuine shock. Takes about 1.5 hours, absolutely go!
Cantilever second leg of the Great Wall, corporations are secular imitation rebuilt, but the walls of reeds into the soil, they should not Hangzhu You Ziwei. Climbed the highest point of the Feng Sui, may be overlooking gray desert. Tickets for 8 yuan, be regarded as reasonable. Can go.
Of course, Guan Jiayuguan City is certainly want to go, there is an unspeakable desolation and themselves with dignity, a running account, the fear is that clear not for the moment these words.

The next day at noon to leave the Jiayuguan, this has a long history of the town is still full of vitality I yearn endless. Jiayuguan to Dunhuang car fare of around 60 yuan. Car through the brown of the land, which lasted 5 hours to reach Dunhuang, on the way to see the camel team, not the typical Yardang Landform, farms oasis, yellow sand soil dry lakes, water features illusory, as well as erection of wire and injured people , drivers and passers-by are very friendly, he incidentally to a town. We are passing through a property rich counties - Anxi, it is reported here Suoyang Cheng and Yulin Grottoes are worth a visit, because there is more than inconvenient bus ride, we did not go. (If possible, go to Dunhuang, Jiayuguan car rental may be a better choice, so do not miss the scenery along the way.) Cotton fields where collision of us eat a treat, a time when the boll opening season, blossoming white cotton decorated with Oasis, it is the United States.

Dunhuang:
At dusk arrived in Dunhuang, a difficult to clear a few words that place, and I am afraid that it will last a long time obsession. However, as a city, it is not my favorite. There are many people followed the car, the driver or tour guide or hotel Lake Zi, of course, they are often set in his capacity as one of the three. We are still the guidelines according to the book, along Ming Road to find a suitable hostel. Hotel Guest House here is more than the price most are not expensive, but most of good conditions. We finally chose the Ming Mok on the mountain high hotels, after repeated talk about price, standard room prices from 150 down to 80 yuan, independent bathroom, at 9-12 points, regular supply of hot water. But after three days of experience has shown that there is not ideal, waiters too small, no one cleaning and no replacement of appliances, shower faucet is very easy to use. However, due to travel fatigue, sleep very practical.
Here across the two lanes, that is, sand the night market, which has all kinds of tourist souvenirs, and the wide variety of western snacks, it is a temptation. One of the most unique food is Donkey Dunhuang yellow face, the market there are one or two time-honored, but has done well. Another unique beverage Dunhuang is called apricot skin of water, sweet and sour taste, Dai Dianer apricot fragrance, it is a thirst-quenching was very refreshing. If you have gastro-intestinal function was also good, he always goes to the night market a palate sandbar. To eat dinner, then Ming Shan also has several good restaurants, and Beijing, a little contact names are, first, "Nathan Lai-shun," halal restaurants, Taipan Ji, and what the show tonight that the big lamb are delicious, are 50 Yuan A, component is enough to absolutely enough to pay for personal ,6-7; there is a yes Daoxiang, doing dishes is relatively fine, 80 a good taste of the snow-capped mountains camel palm, palm life, long-suffering as camel is said to is also very high nutritional value. (People can be really cruel ah!) Simply to remind cooking rice are used to eating pork southern compatriots, do have a full stomach preparation and pharmaceutical preparations, I have always been proud of the healthy stomach, this time actually on the spit Nao Lege You do not want to tumble pain nausea, appetite, no smell of meat.

Dunhuang tour is usually arranged a two-day tour of two lines, the first day to the Mogao Grottoes and Mingsha Mountain Crescent Moon, we have six vehicles, small pieces of packet 150, and later heard that the price we have to give expensive ,100-120 should be No problem. In the Mingsha can camels and sand-boarding, each spent no more than 80. Photographs is very particular about the timing and point of view, but not in my class, or you go slowly pondering. As for the scenery, in such a running account of mention seem too slighted, for the time being refrain from that. The driver will usually recommend two other attractions, the ancient city of Whitehorse tower and shoals, I thought to go to not to.

The next day was mainly to the Yang Guan and Jade Gate or empties a small face, 360. Incidentally, another way to look in a shooting the movie "Dunhuang," the movie, which there are many couplets to behold, inside the shops to sell collections couplets. The city raised a group of beautiful Hakuho big cock, but only a fat old mother hen, is probably the film "New Dragon Inn" and when you raise the bar up.

Jade Gate about 90 km away from Dunhuang, at this point, incidentally, in the vast desert, the concept of mileage we usually understand it no longer, after this period trip, I am now an impression of the 100 km is already a very close distance is equivalent to my previous impression of the 10 bar a few kilometers. Yumenguan site only expansive wilderness in a city square plate, soil compactor structure of storms and vicissitudes of life through a long, wall mottled but still magnificent. This is due to have a "non-degree yumenguan Spring," a poem which gave the audience great aftertaste with the reverie of space. From the ruins surrounding the various traces is not difficult to see that here should be used to be a relatively suitable place to live. Guan City, next to a low-lying land, a beautiful reed marshes, still remain Yihong water, vague shapes of blue sky and white clouds, according to the old passes, a kind of the audience's soul beauty. Entrenched kept trained on one side a few birds still water, comfortable cruising; occasionally started wings, in the reeds from Dihuai. Only them, generation after generation has witnessed Huanbian situation here.

It turns out that small-like side mirror puddle, went so far as is former military and transportation anchorage of the Harrah Lake. Way back when Japanese imperial government of the Central Plains from the prosperous raised rations, the ancient boat turns Wanli post road, hoarding Jiayuguan, and then along the meandering of the Shule River Road, the grain transported to the delivery of high-profile here. Today, the ancient river has become a vast expanse of whiteness of the salt marshes, Hala Lake left the next pool Huang Lu ... ... inadvertently, away from the closed to 10 meters from the city found a party Furui, Alpena overlooks the well, went so far as to clearly see the their own shadows! Can not help but imagination. Or there was one day, one far from the homeland of the Morishiro fighters, lug barrels, in this well and customs between the depressed lone loss to the city, the rise is the unpredictable backdrop, Si Wang is a long endless yellow sand, According to see the bow away from their homeland Gu Ying, sadly miss his wife and children from father and mother ... ... Time is a merciless sword so that it cut off everything, miss and sadness, struggle and grappling, friendship and happily, all these ... ... But it has left these traces, in a long while away the years to come slowly, in an increasingly indifferent remembrance gradually forgotten.

Although "undue west, Yang Guan," but Yang Guan is an unexpected paradise, really, completely unimaginable. This is reportedly the richest towns of Dunhuang City. Gurgling water, Jojo bird, ha vineyard, Le Rongrong wealthy families ... ... he will make you completely forget you were in a desert into Xijiang. You will mistakenly think that they came from an affluent city, Jiangnan village. Here grape-growing and very sweet. You eat one meal of rice farmers, they can pick grapes for free. We have a grape called Pan settled agricultural garden, eat three square meals a meal an absolute meal of fresh grapes, but also pilfering stole two in the backyard pear, watery, and sweet, like grapes here. (Do not learn me, this pear may spill pesticides, perhaps I should not be at the front of the house and it would seem very clean streams where washing pears. In short, only pear perhaps it was my stomach pain was one of the reasons.)
"Pan grapes," the owner is a young Panxing farmers, labor here was a model house he's hung his photo and a number of national leaders, I believe the bar is not a computer synthesized. This person looks diligent, pragmatic, there are some shrewd businessman. The whole people gave me the impression of Dunhuang is also true, both the Northwest's simple, there are some tourist city's smart and commercialization.

Yang Guan as historical monuments, but far as the demonstration farm of the Yang Guan is so wonderful, only one small earth station, known as the Yang Guan Feng Sui ruins of ancient eyes and ears were rough places surrounded with a few wire up insert a block brand, "Yang Guan", so that it Xianyang closed. It said that the attraction contracted out to private sector, and tickets for 20 yuan, we only looked around, the election of several point of view photographed left to leave, and management staff also to driving us, very ridiculous.

The scenery around quickly to make up our frustration. The only way off and from the Yang, there are a crystal-clear bay. Desert canyons and cliffs of the southern style of the reed-ching Lin-miraculously together, but still so harmonious!

Yang Guan return pass West Thousand Buddha Caves, West Thousand Buddha Caves in Mingsha the other side of cave digging in the dry river valley at the side of the party, we did not see the caves, but was the scenery of the valley to attract. Strains of the cliff under the more crucial desolate valley, the riverbed of the Central Cascade mildly rounded pebbles of sand and water in describing the past. River side of a Young trees, rows of tall and straight drilling days Young out of the cliff, pointing heaven, little dense Tamarix at the foot of the splendor of their contrast. Red, yellow, green leaf layers of embellishment, and good faction Zhongqiu scene. Standing in the valley, head along the azure sky, foot with rounded pebbles, in the face mysticism of the jungle caves, the cliffs look back Cang Qiu ... ... a scene that a lot of emotion Dunsheng heart.

In the absence of looking cave, only 1 yuan tickets only.

Hamid:
The end of a two-day tour of Dunhuang, the National Day holiday has ended, and four companions ready to go home, and we couple continued westbound, Quwang Hami. The way is also more than 400 kilometers. Liuyuan passing along this train actually the sense of Dunhuang Dunhuang so so far away enough to have two hour drive. The next time you take a train directly to Dunhuang, if they can not take into account this factor. Auto come a distant barren land, vegetation not seen hundreds of kilometers, there are no signs of human habitation, we saw seemed a little too dry and can burn up in Mars, Gobi and the mountains, I have been drinking can be lips without hesitation or cracking of the lips around the long circle of White, with the long beard-like, vaguely some pain. These primitive and desolate mountains, do not see any traces of human activity, and even traces of destruction, let me think of Mars or Saturn. I am wondering where the alien should be close to the Earth, one of the most desirable areas. I have even the concept of the ancient Loulan the mists, perhaps the aliens that abducted them from landing here. They must have been abducted by aliens, or else why the huge one fortresses disappear so quickly and thoroughly?

Shortage of rock car shuttle remote places in the sweltering heat for a long time to come to a place called Xingxingxia finally saw signs of human habitation, where is the boundary of Xinjiang. The original name has a fairy-tale was actually brief Xingxingxia throat Central Plains and the frontier town! I saw that name, on the alien's imagination has reached a peak, it is envisaged that it is from a small town built by aliens may be that a few humble houses, "Xinjiang's first hotel," a cover, enthusiastic shopkeepers greet customers , so I had to back to reality.

Which lasted more than six hours, and finally reach the Tianshan Mountains at the foot of this historic town - Hami. Impression as Hami melon, sweet, full of joy and sweet. It gives me the impression and Jiayuguan as good as new, clean, spacious roads, taxi convenience, quality of the people very well. We had the power to prepare to live Ctrip recommended hotels, this is one of the Hami 3 Samsung. But had gone to look, the lobby has been turned into restaurants, the business does not get hot, while the narrow front on duty who can not see the delay. We will be forced under the guidance of the driver across the street, another Samsung - Jia Geda hotels, this hotel with melon named Name, and we have the fate may be. Fortunately, living here, where the configuration and services far exceeds the power hotel, there is that we can at affordable prices: General Standard Room RMB158, the evening lived very comfortable. Booked the room, and hurried Qule Tang Tomb of Hami and the Exelon Kah Mosque, Tomb of Hami and that the coexistence of Islam and the Jurchen-style architecture is quite unique, and Eisner Kah is one of Xinjiang's largest mosque. When it came out and bought two books, "a hundred years the story Hami King" and "Volume Hami, Xinjiang folk songs," from the story of King Hami learned, the original lay in the tomb of the alien to the ancients, there are so many soul-stirring legend story, read these stories, I realize that is a county Barkol Hami is the most northern foot of Tianshan rich grassland, the Qing dynasty, an important depot-Tun soldiers stationed on the frontier defense and supplies have always played a vital role, but also left many well-known figures have been banished footprint and Wen Mo, is well worth a go, unfortunately aware of this point, we have Quwang Turfan train had to wait until the next time.

The main purpose of the Hami authentic taste of cantaloupe, but fortunately there is a market near the hotel, there are a lot of snacks and specialty Unfortunately, due to eating bad stomach Dunhuang, see the oil nausea, almost did not see to eat things. Of course, the most unique aspect is the cantaloupe dry, although the astrologer is not too good, but especially sweet. Unexpected, because the season does not, fails to see a booth selling cantaloupe, have to buy a couple of Xinjiang jujube stave off hunger. Xingxing Ran back to the hotel, and all such jis Heaven, into the hotel at the moment, he saw a Guanong pulling a wooden handcart melon, the reigning pleasantly surprised, actually As for the screaming! Ask price, A is 1 yuan. Note here that refer to kilograms pounds, perhaps due to popularization of Xinjiang's modern civilization is a direct one-step process, so the system of traditional Chinese unit of measurement here is not easy to interfere with people's habits change. (My conjecture.) We all had got used to Jin to understand, and choose the two major melon, 8 pounds, gave 8 yuan, Guanong slight hesitation, accept it, and also a trial of strength thanks. After we buy into Turpan grapes, in retrospect, to their senses, but also not feel a disadvantage, but also not feel Aizai still feel lucky and cheap. Not wait to cut open to the Flesh, a go, ah ah, really sweet! 2 cantaloupe do dinner and felt henselae Gaster.

Written here is 4:00, Xinjiang time is 2:00 at night, and it gets even to the Grape Valley, Flaming Mountains, and Gaochang city, or another day continue.

In October 2001 the evening of 7 or 8 am in the Turpan
Author: waver