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Travel Blogs from Hami, China
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Kuqa - Taklamakan Desert
... your own way here if you want to see them! We definitely feel as if we're moving into the more "Chinese" part of China - one indication is the increased amount of spitting. Last night in a restaurant in Aksu, and again with our bus driver today, the ...
Greener Pastures!!!
... major turn for the better today. Not that it was that bad before, but today I finally got into the hills of rural China. I took a day trip to a town called BaLiKun, and just checked the place out. The drive to BaLiKun went over through a really ...
Following in the footsteps of Marco Polo
... do any lying with wives. On the subject of food though, we've had some fantastic and really varied cuisine since we arrived in China, although some of the delicacies have failed to fire our imagination. I'm ashamed to say we both left the chicken feet ...
Km 11`629, Hami
... ;machte. Zu essen gabs die tollen richtig scharfen China Instant Noodles! Nun bin ich in Hami zum erstan mal in einem chinesischen Internetkaffee, da kein bezahlbares Hotel hier einen Internetzugang ...
The Road to Xinjiang
... to file through this pass. The desolation of the landscape only adds to the melancholy - being forced to leave China altogether was a citizen's worst nightmare, and it was here that disgraced officials and condemned or fleeing criminals had to make ...
Hitching to Hami
... and eat lamb kebabs and honey dew melons. In Chinese, honey dews are known as hami gua or Hami melons. The best honey dews in China come from this area. The town itself is quite Sinosized but there is still a vibrant Uighur scene. ...
Dunhuang to Bush camp in Farmers field near Hami
A drive day west from Dunhuang towards Turpan. Along the way we were diverted several times as they were still clearing piles of sand that had built up on the road from recent sand storms. Must have been pretty ferocious in this part of the world. We ...
Food for Thought in Hami
Dat 11 of our 101 days here in China. Proving hard work - especially as I am in the vehicle on my own. Not only am I doing all the driving but I also have all the other jobs to do as well - can get difficult to fit them all in. I'm ...
Desert oases: Hami and Turpan
The bus ride from Dunhuang to Hami was the most gruesome of our China trip - 6 hours of breathing dust and rattling our bones on unpaved desert roads. Reaching Hami City, a.k.a. Kumul, felt very much like reaching an oasis. We were truly sorry for the ...
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