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Jiaotong Hotel Turpan

No.230 West Laocheng Rd. Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur, 838000, China

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Grape Valley

A travel blog entry by t_rev1980

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... Arabic language with Arabic script, and they eat food such as kebabs, nan bread, pulled noodles, etc. Very tasty food! In Turpan we visited the museum, the largest in Xinjiang; the Emin Minaret and mosque, the tallest Minaret in China; and we used it as a jump off point for several amazing places in the surrounding area. Here are the ...

Flaming Mountain, Ancient Cities, Village Stay

A travel blog entry by londone7

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... which were fun to stop and snap photos. We stopped in one scenic spot, almost like the grand canyon, but a river flowed down the bottom creating a fertile valley with some greenery.

Video : Flaming Mountain Fake Tourist Village
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I tried climbing up the side of the mountain. Near the base it was baked clay in a cracked formation. As soon as you step on it the pieces crumble. A few steps up it ...

Flaming Mountain, Ancient Cities, Village Stay

A travel blog entry by londone7

... was artwork showing animals painted on the wall. You can climb up a platform to view the site and they had the 12 chinese zodiac figures in a garden at the base.

Then we went to the Idkut Gaochang Ancient City. This was actually a very large area and they were offering donkey cart rides to take you around

Fertile River ...

Ancient City, Karez Wells, Emin Minaret, Grapes

A travel blog entry by londone7

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... 6). This is a 1km long complex with many ruined houses and temples. It resembled something more like Star Wars and the planet Tatooine. It was only about 9am but the heat was already rising and expected to get into high 30s. I already felt like I was being baked like one of the sun dried bricks you see everywhere.

In the distance everywhere were newer one storey brick buidings. I didnt know if people lived there but was told they are grape drying ...

Ancient City, Karez Wells, Emin Minaret, Grapes

A travel blog entry by londone7

... and the city itself resemble Pakistan. You have dry hot dusty roads with men in beards and caps, sometimes in shalwars. The scooters buzz by and the taanga (horse and cart) has been replaced by a motorized version. Fortunately all motorbikes are electric which makes them much quieter, slower, and pollution free. ...

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