Hundreds years of dust...welcome to the Gobi Desert!
May 1st 2009 “Turpan, a fertile oasis along the northern route of the Silk Road…”sounds like a good start and after all Xinjiang is about contrasts so after the snow capped mountains of the Urumuqi Southern Pastures, lots of sun, desert as far as you can see and ancients cities ruins were exactly what we needed!
About 3 hours drive from Urumuqi Santunbei bus station (150KM SE), Turpan is a medium size c
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