To be exact, I woke up from the cold in the morning.
The Tawukul service area is very close to the highway, and there are constant traffic all night, especially large vehicles, which are very noisy.
We packed up briefly and headed to Hotan immediately.
When I arrived in Hotan, I realized that the city seemed to be a slow-paced city. Many shops were closed, and I wanted to have breakfast. I drove all over the street, but I couldn't find it.
I have never been to Hotan before, but after driving through many streets, Hotan City is basically the same as I imagined, not very clean, mostly old towns, and many buildings have strong ethnic minority characteristics.
Today is the fifth day, and our itinerary is arranged and carried out as follows: visit Hotan—pass through Luopu, Cele—enter Yutian—then Minfeng, Qiemo, and enjoy the scenery of the eastern desert road.
Hotan city streets. Too early, there are few pedestrians and vehicles.
On the cross streets of the city, this sculpture is very famous.
A corner of the city.
Sidewalks, elementary school students going to school.
It's been the fifth day since I came out of Tacheng, and I feel that the weather has been like this since I arrived in southern Xinjiang.
It's hot, but you can't see the sun or the blue sky.
I finally saw a breakfast seller on the street, and the Uighur hawkers were very enthusiastic. We bought egg pancakes and they were delicious.
But the staple food for breakfast today is beef noodles, with meat added, 20 yuan per bowl, and there are a lot of noodles. tasty.
It should be noted that we were the first group of customers, and the ramen master was called by us.
I heard from many friends who came to Xinjiang to travel that the picturesque scenery in Xinjiang is worth a visit, but the most troublesome thing is that there are too many speed limits along the way, and many places are 60 yards.
Later, when we returned to Urumqi, we were given a ticket, with 6 points deducted and a fine of 200 yuan. The road in that area was flat and spacious, and it was not a village. The speed limit was 40 yards.
A small town in southern Xinjiang, passing by. No parking.
In the distance is a donkey.
The speed limit here is 80.
This is a supermarket with a big signboard. We stopped immediately to resupply, and went in to see that we were extremely disappointed.
The outside is very big, but the inside is too small, and the goods are not as many as a small shop.
Later we bought melons, watermelons and mineral water here.
The stall owner is a Uyghur elder sister who cannot understand Chinese. But she was very smart. She took the largest melon and the smallest melon and put them in front of us. Then she took out money from the shop, put a 20 yuan note on the big melon, and put a 10 yuan note on the small melon.
We get it! It turns out that melons and watermelons are sold by the piece, regardless of the catty.
Mineral water is also bought with gestures.
Arrived in Minfeng County.
This is a farmer's and vegetable market, selling everything. I feel that there are mostly Han people doing business in the market.
We bought pancakes and vegetables, and we are going to eat spicy hot pot at night.
Oh, by the way, I ate lunch at this market, stewed noodles, a big bowl of 10 yuan.
keep going.
There are deserts on both sides of the road.
There are very few vehicles.
Populus euphratica and grass are rooted in the sand, showing the tenacity of life!
We did not arrive at Minfeng County that day.
This is the benefit of self-driving travel. If you are tired and don't want to go, stop and rest.
We picked up some dry firewood on the road and wanted to find a place to eat and set up a tent to stay, but there were deserts along the way.
We know deserts are also fireproof. Just when I didn't know what to do, I suddenly found a small house by the road.
I parked my car and walked over to have a look. It turned out to be a kitchen used by former workers, and the stoves were all ready-made. Great joy!
It's night, and I sleep on the edge of the desert. The wind was strong and howled all night.
