Eight days and seven nights road trip in Xinjiang｜The star river in northern Xinjiang is brilliant

Yes, after another three months, I bought a plane ticket to Urumqi in July. It was a coincidence that I wanted to see the wind and grass in Inner Mongolia, but in the end I was rejected by all my friends. Encouragingly, he ran to Xinjiang.

Maybe it's because the human fireworks in southern Xinjiang are too fascinating, of course, it may also be because the romance of the galaxy in northern Xinjiang is too yearning.

But I don’t have to say that the prices of the summer vacation stalls have soared in a straight line. Coupled with the promotion of various gods this year, Xinjiang’s rankings have risen sharply. It’s the first time I saw so many tourists on my trip.

Not much to say, after researching various strategies, I still choose a six-person carpool and go directly to my route.

Northern Xinjiang Itinerary

day1: Hangzhou-Zhengzhou-Urumqi (Buerqin Friendship Peak)

day2: Shihezi - Colorful Beach - Burqin

day3: Kanas - Hemu Village

day4: Devil City - Karamay - Night Market

day5: Sailimu Lake - Yining - Kazanqi

day6: Nalati Grassland

day7: Return

The whole itinerary is very rushed, but the beauty of Xinjiang is the scenery on the road. From seven or eight in the morning to ten in the evening, you can't miss a minute and a second.

Day1: start again

Because I had punched in the Hongshan Park and the International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi last time, so this round-trip trip was slowed down. When I was in transit in Zhengzhou, I accidentally discovered MUJI products at the airport, which just aroused my desire for shopping. .

Then it took off at 17 o'clock, and it was still bright in Xinjiang after ten o'clock in the evening. So, it was the last time I parked at the youth hostel, put down my luggage and went for food. I have to praise this location. It is near Nanhu Park, next to it. Just across a whole street of gourmet food, the happiness in Xinjiang starts from the happy skewers at night.

day2: The first stop of northern Xinjiang travel

I contacted the driver one day in advance, and everyone gathered at 7:30. The lineup for this carpool: a senior driver brother, a pair of retired aunts and sisters, a couple of honeymooners, and even a tour guide sister. It was also a magical trip, so I have a tour guide who eats, drinks, plays, and sleeps with me, and I am very happy.

After a brief introduction, we set off for the colorful beach. The road was far away. In a blink of an eye, the house turned into a desert, and the Baili Oilfield appeared in front of us. Oil fields are really omnipotent.

At about 1:00 p.m., we came to the legendary Internet celebrity restaurant—Yangguai Pilaf. One of the nostalgia for Xinjiang is food. The sister of the tour guide, hahaha, the power of cooking people.

After eating and drinking enough, it’s time to go to the scenic spots. I have to say that luck is that the good weather along the way started the sun and rain when entering the scenic spot, and two rainbows opened in the next ten minutes. I have to say that it is such a good day The colorful beach below is even more colorful, all the way inward, even the upstairs of the khaki bathroom is particularly out of the country, and when the sun sets, take a photo with the lighthouse.

Stay in Burqin at night, the candy-colored border town has a trace of Russian characteristics, and the focus is on food. It is said that there is the most authentic cold-water grilled fish here. Half a naan, and a glass of kvass happiness, hiccup, and after dinner, go for a walk to dry the circle.

day3: Kanas God's private land

Today, Jin went all the way north to Altay. Everyone said that Kanas said God’s private land. As expected, when the car drove into the Panshan Mountain, everyone was arguing to get out of the car to check in and take pictures. It felt a little bit surrounded by clouds and mist.

The most distinctive feature is the nomadic nomads on the grasslands. They took advantage of the 20-minute break to trot all the way and wanted to visit their home, so I met my first friend: Kahn, who seemed to be a seven or eight-year-old girl who spoke very well. Liu, and invited me to feed her sheep and sheep together, and a few small chats gave me a new understanding of this.

Entering Kanas Scenic Area, changing to various buses along the way, seeing Shenxian Bay, Wolong Bay, Moon Bay, and finally arriving at Kanas Lake, only to find that all the things along the road are nothing but that, the beauty is always in the depths, come to a summer Drifting and moving, I seemed to have come to a fairyland on earth. I visited the home of the Tuva people and listened to an authentic Humai. The music touched people's hearts, and I also understood Xinjiang's deep love for this city.

In the evening, we stayed in Hemu Village, a family with only a hundred households. The night was dark, and the whole time seemed to slow down among the stars and lights.

But the point is that on the second day, at 5:30, the rooster crowed, and the sky slowly began to light up. All the way up, along the Harden platform, we are going to see the most beautiful sunrise. When we get to the top of the mountain, the pink The morning glow was already smudged, but the sun was still struggling to climb to the top. At about seven o'clock, the sun finally showed its footprints, and the mountain pass was full of exclamations, and the hundreds of wooden houses were also filled with smoke, and the village began to be lively.

I sat on the swing before it was time for dinner. I really hope that time will stand still in this God's private land.

Today’s itinerary we are going to start from Devil City, the ghost city of the world, just because a piece of desert here has turned into sand, forming countless imaginary signs. I have to say that nature is magical, so I chose to rent a set of red Uyghur clothes , riding a small train all the way inward, dancing in circles in the vastness, I am the most dazzling girl in it.

In the evening, I returned to Karamay again. This is a bustling city. I came to the night market by accident and ordered a piece of spicy chicken that I have always wanted. I have to say that the portion here is really honest.

day4: Sailimu Lake - the last tear of the Atlantic Ocean

Turning around, we headed towards Sailimu Lake, passed through Wutai Town, and tasted authentic meatball soup and beef cakes. We also had a singing and dancing event during the meal. I have to say that people in Xinjiang really know how to live. You can also sing and dance between meals, the dance is graceful, and the focus is on that kind of happiness. Even the food tasted better.

After that, there is a trip around the lake. I have to say that the best way to play in Sailimu Lake is to go around the lake by road, because the wind blows when you go down, and the scenery outside the car window is every frame you don’t want to miss. , You have never thought that a piece of dark blue can make people so excited.

I found the deep-water fish here—salmon in the search room. I had no time to sit down and taste it. I can only pack a salmon dumpling to enjoy it. It is also a new way to check in. We only saw Sailimu Lake, which is nearly 100 kilometers away. One third, and then drove across the Guozigou Bridge to Ili. In summer, Ili is purple. Running in a large lavender field, and tasting a lavender-flavored ice cream is the breath of summer.

It’s already ten o’clock in the urban area, and the night is starting to darken, and I have to do a bold thing, that is, go to Kazanqi Folk Village alone. It is said that there is Kashgar in southern Xinjiang, and Kazanqi in northern Xinjiang I decided not to miss it. Although I couldn’t record those pure blue pictures, I also had a lot of exclusive memories. Along the street lights, I met old people sitting in front of their houses enjoying the cool air, and children playing and running. So I handed over When I arrived at the second friend, I chased after the little girl who came up to me and asked me if I had heard a song, and the soft and sticky little doll who wanted me to hug, I was a little envious during the conversation, after all, which one My child can still walk on the street in the early morning.

I found that Kazanqi is really big in the streets and alleys, and I can meet the Yili River all the way down, but I feel that the time is fast and the acquaintance is relatively shallow.

day5: Nalati Grassland

Since you can’t go to Inner Mongolia, let’s come to Ili. It is said that the summer in Ili is the most beautiful, because it has countless grasslands, and the characteristic of the Nalati grassland is that the most original Kazakh people live. This time, we have to follow the scenic spot The bus faces inwards, there are large herds of cattle and sheep in the grassland, and there are four or five-year-old children holding their beloved horses. They like the yurt at the second stop, cross-legged into the inner Kazakhstan, and have a bowl of milk tea, and then sugar cakes. The host’s child smiled and said he was tired of eating.

Then I went to the nomad's house and went to Snow Lotus Valley at my own expense, just because it was said that it was the closest to the snow mountain, so I found a rushing snow mountain in front of me, and a family lived on the opposite side, so I walked up the river, just to find The secret of the past, the result is still wet shoes, wading in the river, the sky began to be cloudy and rainy, the owner's house was busy making a fire, and drove back the cattle and sheep, and I also met a third friend, one of them said that he was four years old The dead child, the sheep and goats followed behind her, this scene has never been seen before.

So I rushed all the way back to the town while the rain was not heavy. Fortunately, we stayed here today. Fortunately, I found a grand night party. This is a bonfire party held every day in the grassland tribes. The story of the Princess Chao Jieyou and the pro-Wusun King, the whole story is progressive, and then interspersed with local characteristics of walking the dark horse, performing with the Uyghurs, and interacting with our relatives and friends of the Han Dynasty. For two and a half hours, I didn’t know Time is flying fast, and the last prairie dance through 2021 is also sweating.

day6: Four Seasons in a Day on Duku Highway

This is a section of road that has been missed since April when it clocked in at its end point - Kuzhan Station. This is a road that has only been open for a few months. , we set off, because this is still the most beautiful self-driving road.

We entered from Qiaoerma Station, and within a short 100 kilometers, we saw barren rocks from the grassland, and then went to the snow-capped mountains. It turns out that spring and summer in one day are not dreams, and besides driving by myself, I saw countless warriors, riding Harleys, road bikes, Thinking of challenging this road. So I met my fourth friend, a 60-year-old sister who came to ride in a group to check in. Maybe the past 2020 has given everyone countless thoughts. We are facing such a complex and multi-faceted time, how should we leave a commemoration? .

When the car drove to the Dushanzi station on the Duku Highway to check in, our northern Xinjiang route had also reached the end, and then the screen began to reverse, merging the northern and southern Xinjiang, and I began to understand why this beautiful Xinjiang is so attractive, the fireworks in the world, the mountains and rivers Romance, the point is that you see a hundred possibilities in life.

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