http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Xinjiang/Hami/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Xinjiang , Hami en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:25:32 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:25:32 UTC Hami famous for its melon. Normally the locals would start planting Hami melon in spring harvest in Summer. I was in Hami for a very short stay actually transit on my way to Urumqi. Just like any other cities towns in China development can be seen everywhere. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Xinjiang/Hami/blog-339210.html One lazy day in Tiger Leaping Gorge Yunnan province we started planning our next adventures. As we consulted our guidebook and prepared to travel further south a nice British lad suggested we check out Xinjiang. Xinjiang the Chinese province that borders Russia Kazakhstan Kyrgystan Pakistan Afghanistan Tajikistan Mongolia and Tibet and houses the Taklamakan and part of the Gobi Desert http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Xinjiang/Hami/blog-311228.html A hot and monotonous bus journey got us to Hami and the initial response we got at the PSB seemed to indicate we weren't going to get a flatout rejection. After waiting around in one building for half an hour we were given a lift to another one conveniently closer to our hotel by an unsmiling man whose shake of the head and glance at the clock when he looked through my passport started to cre http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Xinjiang/Hami/blog-175084.html