Fulihua Hotel Urumqi
No.2 Huanghe Road Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, China
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A Tread of the Silk Road
... it 20 years ago on a train where we couldn’t buy a seat or a bed because it was 'full’. The mother and daughter moved to the flip down aisle seats while the husband helped Dave get the backpacks up to the storage bin above the top bunk. Every train seems a bit different regarding luggage racks and storage. You just have to wait until you get on and see what you have for space. We slept. About 2AM another passenger came into ...
Heaven Lake, Kazakh Yurts, Turpan Night Market
... to flag down a bus to take back but they were all full and wouldnt stop as they loaded up from the lake. I thought we could walk and made it to a Kazakh museum nearby. Entrance was 60Y ($9) which is expensive even in western terms for such a small complex. Fortunately a large group had arrived so they put on a dance show which we were able to watch and film thru the railings.
Video : Kazakh Dance Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrfRSAMG ...
Heaven Lake, Kazakh Yurts, Turpan Night Market
... car and transfer to a park bus to take you 30km to the lake. Subtle politics come into play as the clock on the bus was Beijing time and all announcements were in Chinese not Uyghar.
The bus winds uphill and has some scenic views of the valleys below.
Downtown ...
Introduction to Xinjiang - Silk Road China
... Meal. The tour offered a 23 hour train ride from Turpan to Kashgar thru the Taklamakan Desert, which I opted out. That is way too long for a train ride, to be sharing a sleeper cabin with six beds, and I wont get any sleep. I paid extra for a 2 hour flight so I save the 23 hours and have ...
Arrival in Urumqi
... plane first needing to drop off passengers in Beijing then coming to Hohhot to take us to Urumqi (my next destination, which is in Xinjiang Province), but the plane hadn't even landed in Beijing yet. So, I took a nap, woke up, then played computer games until I noticed my plane pulling up to the gate. At long last, I got my bag together and boarded the plane.
As I settled into my seat, I informed my contact in Urumqi of the situation, as he would be picking me up ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Fu Li Hua Hotel


