Before going to Xinjiang, my mental efficiency was very low, and I didn't have enough energy to do more complicated things than eating, sleeping and watching dramas. So I wanted to plan a trip to recharge my batteries. It happened that my friend recommended the Bankrupt Brothers Xinjiang series of videos. After watching them, I directly magnified my longing for Xinjiang to the limitless. Especially in Sailimu Lake, watching the sunset after eating supper at 9:30 in the evening, I was particularly touched by the feeling of fulfillment and freedom. Nature is so beautiful, you should put down your phone and stare at the beauty. This is also one of the purposes of my ten-day tour in Xinjiang.
This time I applied for a tour group operated by Ctrip, and the main experience was northern Xinjiang. I didn't do any strategy, the whole process is to check in the attractions + free travel at night. Walking along the way, the biggest feeling is to walk a little more and look around, Xinjiang will always give you satisfaction. The phrase "everyone is coming" goes all over the world.
I seldom go to the north. During the ten days in Xinjiang, everything was very satisfying for me. If you are not on the way to see the scenery, you are looking at the scenery. As Aunt Xici said in "My Dear Friends", it is really something to be grateful to be able to live to see the sky, the trees, and the people.
【On the road, become a habit】
I went to Xinjiang and came back. Uncle security was stunned by the itinerary card. He couldn't help but sigh, "There are so many!", and counted a total of 9 cities. I went to several well-known scenic spots in northern Xinjiang. The daily drive took about 8-10 hours, and the distance can be imagined. What I see the most every day are the scenery and cars on the road. My friend in the same group said that he has become inseparable from the car.
Although the time on the road is very long, the scenery on the road is also worth it. It is said that Xinjiang has everything except the sea, snow mountains, wetlands, grasslands, Gobi, deserts... you can never get tired of looking at it. Of course, there are many animals. On the first day, we encountered cattle and sheep "crossing the road" three times. Here I would like to remind everyone that it is normal for animals to cross the road. Try not to scare them. I came in mid-to-late June, when the number of tourists just started to increase, the animals may appear more frequently. We even encountered Przewalski's wild horses, and the tour guide said that she hadn't encountered them before. We were indeed a little lucky.
I participated in a small group of 7 people, and I was the only one traveling alone, so I didn't feel lonely, as I was a person who could play. Some have traveled almost all over China, and some are college students preparing for graduate school. On the way, everyone asked each other for songs. I have been brainwashed by "The Shepherd of Keketuohai". The tour guide sister will often explain the local customs, which is very interesting. She is the person from Xinjiang that I have the most contact with. She is enthusiastic, alert, and loves her hometown. She will take the initiative to remind others not to litter cigarette butts. We should really take good care of the environment and protect this rare purity.
【Very durable, everything calms down】
The sun in Xinjiang is like drinking Red Bull with the driver brother, coming out at 6 o'clock in the morning and returning at 10 o'clock in the evening, which especially meets the needs of travelers. I arrived in Urumqi at 17 o'clock, and after shopping until 22 o'clock, I found that there were quite a lot of people in the park. Dinner at 22 o'clock is not a problem. The tour group's "Summer Love" is especially suitable, "Leave the sunset and come to accompany us for dinner. Contract this mountain (sea), and forget when to go home."
It may be because of the long day, the roadside is full of flowers, and day lilies are planted in front of the hotel, which is very lively. Xinjiang people have a passionate love for flowers, plants and trees, and almost every household in the places they visit has colorful and splendid flowers. Fruits are even more arrogant. Fully grown melons and fruits are full of juice, sweet and refreshing. We have a bag of apricots in our hands every day, and we can eat them wherever we go. Grapes usually ripen from August to September. This time, we will eat small white apricots, flat peaches, watermelons, cantaloupe, and tomatoes to satisfy our cravings!
[deep breath, rich air]
On the introduction boards that can be seen everywhere, Chinese and Xinjiang languages accompany each other, followed by English, which is very considerate. Various places and place names, Bayinbulak (rich spring water), Kanas (beautiful and mysterious lake), Nalati (the place where the sun was first seen), retain the beauty of the original ecology. There are fewer impurities in the air, and taking a deep breath will fill your heart.
It is no exaggeration to say that when I take the bus in Urumqi, I often smell a delicious smell of barbecue. Xinjiang fish is fat and beautiful, and the lamb is solid, and a few skewers of mutton skewers can fill your stomach; the taste is mostly hot and sour, spicy eggs (tomato and green pepper scrambled eggs), green pepper tomato potato shreds, spicy skin... There is a joke that there is no pepper Xinjiang people can't cook dishes, and the dishes must be able to stimulate your taste buds. However, there are exceptions. Sailimu Lake’s specialty high whitefish is very fragrant when steamed.
【The gift of nature, the color palette of genius】
In addition, the colors in Xinjiang are very beautiful, and I often say that a random shot is a blockbuster. The purple of lavender, the blue of Kazanqi, the matcha green of mountains, the colorful flowers, and the colorful houses. Under the illumination of the big sun, all the focus of the camera was sucked away brightly, and nothing else could be seen.
The one who impressed me the most was Yili, who was not stingy from the very beginning and swayed the paint to the fullest. The words here are a bit pale, so go directly to the picture.
Because there are a lot of route planning, travel guides, etc. on the Internet, I will briefly introduce them here, mainly talking about some unique things I saw and heard, and some interesting stories that happened during the free activities at night.
On the route, I traveled from Urumqi to Guangzhou, and spent 8 days on the way (excluding two round trips). The places I went to were: Turpan, Bayinbulak, Nalati, Yining, Sailimu Lake, Colorful Beach, Hemu , Kanas, Keketuohai, Tianshan Tianchi. (The length is longer and will be presented in several articles)
Later, I will update the travel tips when I have time, including itinerary preparation, play matters, etc.
1. Turpan: The sweetest thing is not cantaloupe, but ice cream at 45°C
Departing from Urumqi, passing through the 30-mile wind area, this place is sometimes mentioned separately in the weather forecast. When the wind is particularly strong, it can even blow over cars and trains. There are many windmills standing on both sides of the road, and the scene is very spectacular.
When I came to Huoyan Mountain, I felt like my hands were on fire as soon as I got out of the car. It was the first time I felt so hot. First of all, I went underground, and saw the "supporting portrait" in the history textbook of Xinjiang junior high school in the Westward Journey Corridor. The clothes now also look very trendy.
When we got to the ground, many people checked in on the golden cudgel (thermometer), and the temperature was as high as 45°C at 1 pm that day. Under the big sun, there is still some distance to walk from the Huoyan Mountain, so it is not bad to check in from a distance. I decided to squat next to the camels and watch them chew, just like horses eat, and I laughed so hard. But it was too hot, so I ran back underground to buy ice cream. Huoyanshan has an exclusive Journey to the West ice cream "Dahua Xinjiang", which has strawberry milk and mung bean flavors. Gintama fans decisively chose the first one, 15 yuan a piece. It is sweeter than honeydew melon, and the taste is a bit rough. The temperature mark on the ice cream is 82.3, which is the highest temperature on the ground in Turpan. It is said that it was measured on the afternoon of July 14, 1974.
After saying goodbye to the camel, we set off for lunch. It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon. Almost every day on the itinerary, I eat very late, so I remind everyone to prepare more snacks. Cantonese eat spicy chicken in Xinjiang. It is not very spicy. I asked the locals, but they didn't like it because it had no taste. incredible. After the meal, the boss gave us a plate of honeydew melon, which was really sweet, not as sweet as ice cream. The restaurant is very close to the Turpan Museum, but the schedule is too tight to make it. Friends who are free to travel can go and see, the collection is very rich, there are millennium mummies and giant rhinoceros fossils. Moreover, due to the dry climate, a large number of cultural relics are well preserved, and it is the second largest museum in Xinjiang.
The second stop went to Karez. Turning the desert into an oasis is such a huge project. In addition to wisdom, there are countless people behind it. Imagine a person working hard to dig soil in a narrow, short and dark passage, and sometimes his feet have to touch the cold snow water, just like this, moving forward bit by bit. I deeply feel that "drinking water does not forget the well digger".
The official itinerary on the first day is over, driving on the highway surrounded by mountains, there is no signal. Looking at the sun at 8:30 in the evening, humming "Leave the sunset and come to accompany us for dinner", I finally got a real feeling of being in Xinjiang. On the road, you never know what you will see in the next second. The scenery you encounter seems to be careless, but in fact, you care about it everywhere, echoing your inner yearning. Accept everything about you with the heart of the mountain and the transparency of the sky. I think, at this moment, I am really "traveling" and "watching" Xinjiang.
It was 9:30 p.m. when we arrived at the hotel, and the business of the barbecue stalls was booming. I, who never eat mutton, can open up to eat mutton here, and the mutton-free sheep is invincible. Mutton kebabs, lamb chops, cold skin, edamame... Served with big Wusu, the heart is refreshing. There are few vegetables and a lot of meat in the barbecue stalls in Xinjiang. There is a kind of food called Saipi, which is to empty out the spleen of a sheep and stuff it with minced leather teeth, minced fat lamb, and minced lamb liver. I insisted on two bites and failed. Friends who like to eat roasted kidneys can try it.
At 11 o'clock on Monday night, go shopping. Uncles and aunts danced happily in the middle of the square. The county seat maintains its vitality, which makes us want to step forward and dance with youth. The little white apricots are the most delicious at this time, 8 yuan per kilogram, and we have a bag in hand, eating while shopping, the sweetness is really comfortable.
Next stop, Bayinbulak, we will meet again~
