Tianchi (Heavenly Lake)
Day 13...
Travel Expenses
*** Total: 225RMB ***
Bus from Ürümqi to Tianchi: 50RMB (110km)
Bus up to Tianchi: 20RMB
Entry to Tianchi: 90RMB
Accomodation @ Rashit's Yurt (including 3 meals): 50RMB
Local Transport, Food and Others: 15RMB
*Overland Distance Covered So Far: 4,630km
Travel Information
Rashit's Yurt
Tianchi aka Heavenly Lake surrounded by the legendary Tianshan Mountains
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We found our Kazakh host Rashit, as recommended in Lonely Planet
Kazakh yurt by the lake
Colorful interior of the Kazakh yurt
Surrounded by beautiful Alpine forests too
Very scenic!
People always like to take picture of animal skulls lol
Claus and Marc jumping in for a swim
Cursing and swearing while they were inside...too cold! haha
Smiling happily! =)
A frozen river...you can imagine how cold it was!
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My very first "mini" glacier!
With Claus
Will love to have such a cottage myself in such beautiful settings
There are also many eagles soaring around
Chinese workers doing hard work of laying the path of concrete slabs
Weather turning bad quickly...
And started raining heavily!
Running for a hopeful cover towards a log cabin
But noone was around, so we took shelter outside the log cabin...shivering cold...
We reckoned it was gonna take a while, so we just sneaked into the log cabin by climbing thru the small window lol...
Burglars!
And a few games of chinese chess while waiting...
But the rain didn't stopped...so we trekked in the heavy rain for 2 hours to reach back to our yurt...some really tough times...
Finally back at our yurt, all wet and cold while our Kazakh host gets the fire going for us
Day 14...
Travel Expenses
*** Total: 270RMB ***
Cable car down Tianchi: 21RMB
Taxi from Tianchi to Fukang: 10RMB each / 3 person (40km)
Bus from Fukang to Ürümqi: 11RMB (75km)
Entry to Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Museum: 30RMB
Local Transport, Food and Others: 55RMB
Overnight bus from Ürümqi to Yining: 143RMB (710km)
*Overland Distance Covered So Far: 5,455km
Warm Kazakh yurt that we stayed in
Me, Marc and Claus
Simple breakfast
Kazakh yurt by Tianchi, with Tianshan Mountains as backdrop
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White statue of a lady blowing flute...not sure about any story about her thou
Tons of tourists near entrance of the lake
Yeah, i have been here! lol
Took the cable car down
Wonderful views of the temperate forests
Back to Urumqi again, where I took a overnight bus from Urumqi to Yining
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