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Kai Yuan Hotel Urumqi

No.233 Hetan North Road Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, China

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A Tread of the Silk Road

A travel blog entry by michellendave

59

... traffic jams. Public buses look brand new and are frequent. Our hostel is in the Han Chinese part of the city. We frequently take bus 101 to Er Dao Qiao, the Grand Bazaar area in the Uyghur part of the city. We were disappointed in the Grand Bazaar, now located in a newer four story complex of buildings that include KFC and Carrefour. It is aimed at the tourist market and seemed sterile and boring. Maybe it was the time of year. Lavender, ...

Heaven Lake, Kazakh Yurts, Turpan Night Market

A travel blog entry by londone7

42

... driving north out the city and passed Red Hill. This is a famous large cliff in the middle of the city. On top of the cliff is a pagoda style building. This was not part of the tour and would have taken a while climbing a lot of steps outdoor in the heat so maybe if I come again in cooler weather.

Video : Driving to Heaven Lake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZt9_eL6 8sM

The entrance to Heaven Lake was 170Y ($25). I didnt realize all ...

Introduction to Xinjiang - Silk Road China

A travel blog entry by londone7

... www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlURJzyG pqM
(an old folk song)

Gizul Gul : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T0aopMz a78&feature=related

Oynasun : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lXF9KVA Kko
(their big hit, another cover of a popular folk song)


Even ...

Fun in Class

A travel blog entry by shoulin4

This morning, I went with Ms. J to meet her class. I chatted with them in English and Chinese about who I am, what I am doing in China, and what my interests are in America. One of those interests is Tae Kwon Do, and the class and I spent about half an hour of doing Tae Kwon Do demonstrations. It was great fun!

After the class, Ms. J and I ate lunch with one of Ms. J's friends. We ordered a sort of noodle/dumpling ...

Urumqi Adventures

A travel blog entry by j.bennison

7

... where I needed to go. I told him. He called someone, I spoke to them on the phone as apparently he spoke English. I said Beijing, he said yes and this happened 3 times. Any other question I asked was retorted with a stream of Uighur. The phone call ended and the guy nodded that I follow him over to the board for the prices of the t70 train i needed to catch. A hard sleeper was listed as £61, he wanted £85. I didn't even bother haggling for some reason - although being tired ...