Travel Blog Photos from Hami (35)
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... 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 cool ...
... 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 untouched on ...
... 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 ...
... 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. It ...