Day 7 Urumqi city tour
When we returned to Urumqi, we were greeted by the same busy and crowded high-speed rail station (this station is called Urumqi New Passenger Station, also known as the high-speed rail station, although I took the high-speed rail several times back and forth, I was more confused when buying train tickets. I guess It is a railway station built on the edge of the city, and the focus of future railway passenger transportation will be here). The hotel this time is the Super 8 Hotel opposite the train station. You can reach the hotel directly through a small door.
Several hotels on this trip are quite user-friendly, three of which are overnight trains and arrive at the hotel early in the morning. The hotel can arrange a room for us to check in and rest as soon as possible, especially when we know that it is an elderly person.
Yesterday was a hard day, and today I chose to go to several scenic spots in the city according to my physical condition.
The Xinjiang Autonomous Region Museum is visited with an ID card, and the exhibits are relatively simple. What impresses me is that the level of wool textiles in Xinjiang was great a long time ago. In addition, due to the extremely special climatic conditions in Xinjiang, many mummified corpses were unearthed in the cemetery. The extremely dry air and simple burial system stopped the cells in the body from autolyzing, bacteria were difficult to erode, and dehydration was rapid, thus forming millennium specimens. The Xinjiang Museum displays 11 intact ancient corpses, which are the most attractive visiting items of the museum. The other exhibition hall is the Xinjiang Minority Folklore Exhibition, which systematically introduces the folk customs and customs of the 12 ethnic minorities in Xinjiang in terms of clothing, daily life, festival entertainment, weddings and funerals, etiquette, diet, religion and other aspects. It is really a one-stop understanding characteristics of many nations.
episode. I found a smartphone in a museum and immediately handed it over to the security guards, and when the two elderly people came back to find it I told them how grateful they were.
Mom needs to do "market research" as usual, and she likes to know the price of vegetables. Beef and mutton are an important food in Xinjiang, and it is also the place of origin, so the high-quality and cheap lamb legs make my mother envious.
Although there are a variety of products in the Grand Bazar, we are not sure about the variety, price and quality, so we chose to buy raisins and beef jerky at the famous Meimei Department Store in Urumqi. Not far from the museum. Fresh Xinjiang seedless white grapes are delicious and only cost 3.99 yuan per kilogram.
In the afternoon, we sat on a bench in Hongshan Park, basked in the warm sunshine, and tasted delicious grapes. When I stood on the top of Red Mountain and saw Bogda Peak in the distance, I couldn't help but sigh how cool it is that the city is surrounded by snow-capped mountains.
Day 8 Tianshan Tianchi
A few years ago, my parents went to Changbai Mountain Tianchi. How could I not go to Tianshan Tianchi when I came to Xinjiang. Although the online evaluation of this scenic spot is rather tasteless, but it has a good reputation, so you have to check in. I have studied the through-train products on Ctrip before, and there are other one-day tours, all of which are due to scheduled departures, and we have to come back in time to catch the evening train. If there is something wrong, it will not be fun.
In the morning, take a taxi to Urumqi Beijiao Passenger Station, and take the bus to Fukang (the fare is about 15 yuan, the journey is about 1.5 hours, every 10 minutes, the first bus is at 8 o'clock). After arriving in Fukang, there is a minibus at Fukang Passenger Terminal to go directly to Tianchi Scenic Spot. The fare is 10 yuan and the journey takes about 20 minutes. Generally, tourists are concentrated from 10:00 am to 12:00 am, and they will leave when they are full.
It is recommended that friends who go to Tianchi take a bus directly from Urumqi. The round-trip fare is 20 yuan, the adult ticket is 95 yuan (free for seniors over 70 years old), and the shuttle bus is 60 yuan (half price for seniors over 70 years old). You don’t need to waste time with the group.
The folk garden at the first stop of the shuttle bus is not fun. We bought corn and ramen there for our lunch, and the price is acceptable.
Tianchi is the most pure holy water treasure land bestowed by God to human beings. Because the water is clear and transparent, and there are many legends and stories, it is also known as the "Yaochi" in the world. Standing on the edge of the holy lake and looking around, there are overlapping peaks on the opposite side. The peak is covered by fog. It looks like white clouds at first, but it turns out to be snow that does not melt all the year round. It is the Bogda Peak of the Tianshan Mountains. 5445 meters. Snow-capped, the snow peak stands upright by the pool, which is the biggest attraction on the Tianchi Lake, and also the most essential part of the Tianchi Lake.
With my encouragement, Mom and Dad bought a boat ticket for 80 yuan and went around in the "Yaochi", and I took advantage of this time to walk halfway on the plank road around the lake. The mountains are high and the water is blue. There are many plots that happened in Tianshan in Jin Yong's martial arts novels back and forth.
Back in Urumqi, we took a taxi from Beijiao Passenger Station and went to Super 8 to pick up our luggage, then went directly to the train station, rushed into the supermarket at the gate of the train station and bought a few meals for the train at night before going through the security check again. Taking the train in Xinjiang is as hard as fighting a war. The security check along the way!
When we finally lay down on the train to Dunhuang, we breathed a sigh of relief, and the timing was perfect.
