Genghis Khan’s descendant As I mentioned you need at least two days in Kanas Lake, the following day we visited Hemu Village which is located on the south bank of Kanas…
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Northern Xinjiang : Top 20 things to know in Kanas Lake – the Oriental Switzerland! 新疆喀纳斯
by kumamonjengby kumamonjengTo be able to make it to Kanas Lake, is not easy. It need more than 18 hours by bus from Urumqi if you don’t stop anywhere along the road…
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China – Northern Xinjiang Hotel Review : European Getaway at Hongfu Lake Kanas Resort Aletai
by kumamonjengby kumamonjengOne of the best highlight in North Xinjiang is Kanas Lake. We travelled for over 8 hours to reach our hotel for 2 nights Hongfu Lake Kanas Resort Aletai. We…
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China Northern Xinjiang – Learn about the Kazakh minority in Jiadengyu Glassland 贾登峪 & 哈萨克毡房
by kumamonjengby kumamonjengGetway to Kanas Lake Located in the middle of the Kanas Lake and the south of Hemu Village, Jiadengyu is a summer village inhabited by Kazakh nomad. It is also…
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China Northern Xinjiang : Little Russian Town – Buerqin! 新疆布尔津
by kumamonjengby kumamonjengXinjiang is huge and one may need months to explore this place. If you don’t know how big Xinjiang is, just imagine you can actually put Texas, Nevada, California and…
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China : Xinjiang – Top 5 things you need to know in 5 Colored Beach – Wu Chai Tan / 新疆五彩滩
by kumamonjengby kumamonjengWuchaitan is located in Burqin County, located in the northernmost part of Xinjiang. The colorful Beach is a famous attraction on the Irtysh River in Burqin County, about 24 km…
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China : Top 14 things to do in Xinjiang Heavenly Lake of Tianshan /新疆天山天池
by kumamonjengby kumamonjengA beautiful Lake called “Heavenly Lake” / Tianchi is a Unesco site at the Heavenly Mountain / Tian Shan near Urumqi Xinjiang. We departed from Urumqi early in the morning…
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China Xinjiang Urumqi : Coal Factory in Red Fire Mountain / Huoshaoshan 新疆火烧山
by kumamonjengby kumamonjengWe left Urumqi early in the morning, went Tian Shan first then move into Gurbantunggut Desert, also the second largest desert in China after Taklimakan Desert. Then stopped by Dahuangshan…
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Xinjiang : Dabancheng Town : 达坂城的姑娘 – “The girl from Dabancheng” Town
by kumamonjengby kumamonjengJourney to Turpan – Urumqi via Dabancheng From our journey from Turpan to Urumqi, we passed by Dabancheng. This little town is famous for one of it folk songs called…
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China Silk Road : Xinjiang – Turpan Hotel Review : Maxirap le Grand Large Hotel & Xinjiang Food Review
by kumamonjengby kumamonjengOur first stop in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is Turpan. There are in total 5 autonomous regions in China (Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Ningxia, Xinjiang). The other rest are called provinces, such…