Xinjiang Uygur Vacations, Xinjiang Uygur Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

People I met here who contributed to, and improved my trip: Julia (Russia), Hannes (Sweden), Portia (USA), Colin (Canada)   Normally when i board a sleeper train, i find out from the ticket collector what time we are due to arrive, so as i can be ready to get off the train. When we got on our train from Liuyuan at 22.30, all the lights in the cabin were already off, so i wasn't able to write down the necessary Chinese characters, to be able to obtain the answer that i required. To be h…

Revisiting Jiaohe city ruins with Phil, Julia, Hannes, and Colin.Bezeklik Thousand Buddha CavesTuyugou Canyon and Flaming Mountain,

Hami is a town that is not listed in the Lonely Planet. Being an idiot, I imagined it'd be a one-horse nowheresville with nothing but dust and donkeys pulling bundles of hay. Of course, it was a thriving little city that looked a lot like a lot of other thriving little Chinese cities.It looked different in one respect, though, and it was an impressive moment when i noticed it. We were out of Gansu province now and into Xinjiang, and instead of English being the second language on the signs it…

The majority of what China exports to other countries is all under one roof at Yiwu. 5 spacious floors of stalls that contain toys, pottery, picture frames, flash lights, swim goggles and swords (that you might see on QVC, especially the one that broke and cut this guy), sharp metal objects--an adolescent boy's dream. I didn't see any clothes or luggage, so I assume that's another building or a completely different trading floor. Here they sell to small-medium …