In the last week of 2018, feel the beauty of winter in Xinjiang.
D1 (December 23) Beijing-Xinjiang
Fly to Urumqi in the afternoon, rent a car at the airport and go directly to the Grand Bazaar. Because it had just snowed in Urumqi, the car rental company thoughtfully replaced it with a Buick Hideo with snow tires, and brought its own glasses, mobile phone holder and MP3 player. After visiting the Grand Bazaar, I drove to Fukang County. The minus 18 degrees during dinner gave myself a warning.
D2: Tianshan Tianchi - Turpan
Check in at Tianchi in the morning, drive to Turpan in the afternoon, and take a section of the national road to see the Dabancheng Wind Farm. The scenery is beautiful. Stay overnight in Turpan.
D3: Turpan - Urumqi
Huoyan Mountain is actually just a few sculptures, just pass by and take a look. If you want to take pictures, don't park your car on the side of the road, it is against the law to stop and take pictures.
Thousand Buddha Caves, a little like Dunhuang, here is the location of the 86 edition of Journey to the West, pay tribute to Teacher Yang Jie!
The old city of Gaochang, I came here specially to feel the vicissitudes of the years.
Turpan Museum, there are WeChat explanations, and the most impressive ones are musical instruments, mummies and murals. Confucius said: If it is empty, it will collapse, if it is middle, it will be right, and if it is full, it will be overturned.
D4: Urumqi
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Museum. In the afternoon, use the train ticket of 1 yuan to enter the station in advance, and in the evening, the train will go to Beitun to start the journey of ice and snow Kanas.
D5: Hemu
Arriving at Beitun Station early in the morning, the driver Xiao Ma waited early and met Xiaoyu and Kaixi from Guangdong. More than an hour's drive came to Borzin for breakfast. It was still bright at nine o'clock. Starting from Borjin, I suddenly saw the sun rising from the horizon, and then arrived at Hemu Village with beautiful scenery all the way.
Xiao Ma led a sumptuous lunch and dinner in Hemu. In the afternoon, I went skiing and walked around the village. It was the first time to use a drone in a place of minus 30 degrees. As a result, the mobile phone froze to death, and the drone almost couldn't come back.
D6: Hemu
Hemu all day today. Get up early in the morning and take a horse-drawn sledge to the viewing platform on the top of the mountain to watch the sunrise and experience the extreme cold of minus 40 degrees. I went to the suspension bridge in the afternoon, wandered around the village again, sat in the warm dining bar to enjoy the afternoon sun, and took pictures of the starry sky and cold fireworks at night. Great day. In the evening, I moved to Hemu Resort to live. The conditions here are very good, the geothermal heating can reach 25 degrees, and the local sorbet is especially delicious.
D7: Hemu-Kanas
I got up early and played splashing water and drones at Hemu Resort, went to Kanas after breakfast, and drifted on the Kanas Ice Lake in the afternoon, haha!
D8: Kanas
Play in Kanas all day. Climbed the mountain to the observation deck in the morning, ate a large plate of chicken at noon, and by the stream in the afternoon.
D9: Kanas - Baihaba - Beitun - Urumqi
Play while walking, Beitun train back to Urumqi at night, New Year's Eve on the train, happy new year!
D10 (January 1, 2019): Urumqi-Beijing
Say goodbye to 2018, welcome 2019, and end the journey happily!
