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Yilite Hotel Yining

No.98 Sheng Li Road Yining, Xinjiang Uygur, 835000, China

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Uighur Wedding

A travel blog entry by jkirby

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When I accepted an invitation to the bachelor party the night I arrived in Yili, September 4, four straight days of wedding activities began. Two things brought me to Yili in Xinjiang province, the large province covering mostly desert in northwest China: to see Sayram Lake and to attend the wedding of a cousin of a friend, Raya, that I met in …

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Korgas-Zharkent

A travel blog entry by nz2uk

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... As most of you know, Kaz. is the country I have been most apprehensive about visiting - having read much about it's people and the land.
The countryside into Zharkent was just patchy cropping with cows and donkeys roaming the roads...and a few vehicles. We have been given much advice about the omnipresent traffic police, bribes, speed limits and current car insurances. So we drove to Zharkent VERY cautiously aiming to get our ...

Korgas-Korgas

A travel blog entry by nz2uk

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... explained in the forthcoming blokes blog. Then it was waiting waiting waiting..... At last the call came to get our vehicle inspected ready for departure. No problems there so it seemed that it was all on. We said our fond farewells to the lovely Helen and they opened the gates and through we went. S had a sense of foreboding but at first things went smoothly until our final clearance seemed to take forever. So ...

Sayram Lake-Korgas

A travel blog entry by nz2uk

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... I could have quite happily stayed for another night. Love the late sunsets (10.15pm last night) and the spectacular scenery. We were lulled into a false sense of security as we left this amazing part of the world. Soon we were driving on the most appalling road yet. This is the main highway to the border and is being totally rebuilt, but there is no alternative road. You just drive ...

Urumqi-Sayram Lake

A travel blog entry by nz2uk

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Urumqi - Sayram Lake.(Sailimu Lake) 545k's.
We're sorry we have been so behind with the blog but we are trying to get up to date now before we title the muddled photos from the previous five blogs.
A lovely clear day when we left at 8.15am this morning travelling all the way on great roads. Pollution is rife with us driving in and out of smoggy areas. Despite this, well tended crops have been growing on either ...