Tuyuq
now the story - when we walked in the village a man coming in the path in front of us was whisteling the music of the song "LIVLEVO AGAS VEGAM TAPUACH"!!! we started to whistel along with him. at fisrt he thought we were just lucky with a few notes but when he finished (he already passed us by 100m) he called us and gave us 2 melons for free! we sat in the shade in front of a house to eat them. the owner of the house invited us in to eatthem under his fan with some bread and tea. we decided we liked Tuyoq people. we also got a free ride back to Turpan from there so it was a cheap day :). BTW - Turpan is the 2nd lowest place in the world so Yaron took extra care to wear his Dead Sea T-Shirt during our stay ;)
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more 
