Flaming Mountains (Huoyan Shan) Turpan

... finished, tourists will have a difficult time deciding what is old and what is new. On the other side of the Flaming Mountains are the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, which boasts hundreds of frescoes dating from the 5th to 7th centuries.  Their ...

... . Kaikkialla on siistia ja suloista. Naimme myos kiertoajelubussien fotojenrapsimispaikat, niissa ei ollut mitaan ihmeellista. Flaming Mountains ei hatkahdyta Pamirin jalkeen, mutta kokemus ihanan aidon oloisesta uiguurikylasta iltahamarassa oli kaiken ...

... when they asked us to leave, it was worth it and the sunset was beautiful over the ruins. I also visited the Flaming Mountains which get there name from the multicolored rocks which look like hundreds of tongues of fire. The midday heat also ...

... - we were able to travel by  'donkey taxi' ! It is a kind of flatbed cart drawn by a donkey. The Flaming Mountains made a dramatic backdrop, and we visited Tuyu Valley - a 'hidden' valley where a group of Uighurs are continuing to live a ...

... have been more amused than impressed. The next stop is a small village named Tuyok, in the Tuyugou valley at the foot of the flaming mountains, and this was really impressive as well as the up to 1700 year old Buddha caves. We stay overnight with a ...

... silk route. It's set in the middle of the desert, 80 metres below sea level and framed by the flaming mountains. It's also one of the hottest places in China and was 43C when we were there. Of course after India and Pakistan at 49C we handled it in ...

... were the places we really wanted to see including tuyoq village; a traditional mus village set in a green valley fringed by the flaming mountains and over looking the barren desert plains. It was hot here even though the sun was still not out and ...

Today we drove to the Turpan area, passing the Flaming Mountains of Monkey Magic/ Journey to the West fame on our way there (so called due to the flaming red colouring of their jagged peaks). On the way into Turpan we visited the Bezeklik Caves – ...

... mud and straw - like stepping back in time. No other Chinese tourists and flag wavers in sight - bliss! Stop 2 Flaming Mountains which was a flaming rip off and flaming uneventful. Could have something to do with the sand storm obscuring the view. Also ...

... movie, I have now actually been to... Beijing’s Forbidden City, Sichuan for the Bamboo Sea scenes and also now to Xinjiang where they shoot the desert scenes and showed the flaming mountains that I had just visited the day before near ...