Thirty, Kuqa

Leaving Aksu and continuing to Kuqa, I learned that this place was once called Qiuci, an important town in the Western Regions. Visiting the Kuqa Palace is very rewarding. There are museums, hereditary palaces, mosques and ancient city walls. What's more exciting is that when looking for the ancient city of Qiuci, I walked into a village, led by a boy, walked through the wheat field, found the Han Dynasty city wall hidden in the village, saw the original thousand-year-old ruins, and then returned to the quiet village . Travel thousands of miles and read thousands of books! Only when I arrived in Kuqa did I know the name of Qiu Nianqiu in Kucha.










31. Duku Highway

It took 11 hours to travel 341 kilometers from Kuqa to Nalati on the Duku Highway (National Highway 217), passing through one region and two states. Along the way, the landform changes strangely, and the temperature changes greatly. After experiencing the dry and hot climate, it finally ushers in the moist rain. That night, I stayed in a yurt-style room in the first Kazakh village near Nalati. The exterior was beautiful, but the interior facilities were too simple.












Thirty-two, 208 National Road

Due to landslides on National Highway 217, we changed to National Highway 218 and went straight from Nalati to Yining. Approaching the northern Xinjiang, the natural environment changes suddenly, and the scenery of the Tianshan Mountains rushes towards us. Only then can we see the infinite scenery of the Nalati Grassland and the extremely charming Ili River Valley. It can be said that no matter which national road you take, the scenery is on the road, and the advantage of self-driving is that you have great freedom, control the daily mileage, and enjoy the scenery along the way to the maximum.












33. Horgos Port

In the self-driving travel experience, I have passed Lianhuo Expressway countless times, always thinking about when I can reach the end port, this time my wish finally came true. Although the port attractions have been packaged a bit tasteless, the peripheral development is very large, the boundary area is closed, and it can only be seen from a distance.
But encountering a piece of lavender in the scenic area is also a windfall. Smell the fragrance from afar. In addition, there is a parking lot near the port. Don't be misled by the gate of the port. It leads you to a restaurant plaza for parking. Although it is free, you must eat inside. I saw mounted policemen and carriages on the street. Ctrip is relatively affordable to buy tickets, and it seems that other websites do not have this attraction. When you get there, you can pick up the ticket by text message. (Tickets are 30 yuan, and Ctrip online order is 24 yuan.) You can enter the port business area with your passport, but you cannot enter with a border pass.













Thirty-three, Sailimu Lake

It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon when we left Khorgos and boarded G30 to reach the east gate of Sailimu Lake. After settling in for a tour around the lake, the weather is sunny and sometimes rainy, which brings unpredictable light and shadow. The lake is really big. We thought we could go around the lake, but we would go back to the high speed, so we went back, God It was dark, and it was already ten o'clock at night when we returned to the hotel following the light. Accommodation near the East Gate is on the expensive side.