14-day trip to Kanas, Xinjiang (a quick trip and travel guide)

Let’s take a quick trip, just me and him.

This idea became more and more stubborn after I became ill, as if not being able to do it would be the biggest regret in my life and would also hinder my recovery of health.

No matter how determined you are or how much you yearn for it, you can't help it. The complicated life will always give you countless excuses to soothe your heart that is ready to move again and again.

At the beginning of 2017, I made and printed a travel souvenir book, but due to physical reasons I was unable to make the trip. It has become a great pleasure for me to look through the travel souvenir book from time to time, and imagine what kind of seal I will put on each place to record the places I have visited, so as to satisfy my inner expectations. For this reason, my daughter laughed at me and said, "Every time you look secretly, do you think I don't know? I am surprised. I have an empty notebook with nothing in it, and the corners of my mouth are slightly raised, with a smile, and I go there with a sense of accomplishment." Read it, haha...". I laughed so hard that I was embarrassed, so I responded weakly and shyly, "I'm proud of the memory album I made. If there is no content, I can just imagine it, can't I?"

My body has almost recovered, but I have experienced another experience. The house was demolished and moved, the father was seriously ill and passed away, the son transferred to another school, the daughter took the exam, etc. In the past six months, when all the concerns were lost passively, facilitated by every possible means, or waited for the results naturally, there was no more important obstacle to stop me from traveling far away. The heart that was already burdened with so much weight and was about to suffocate no longer wanted to wait any longer.

So, planning, preparation, and persuasion, early the next morning after my daughter took the exam, I, Mr. Zhao, Xiaoqi, two people in a car and a dog set out.

The moment the car drove onto the highway, it was like a caged bird regaining its freedom. All burdens and precautions were swept away, and I just wanted to sing and run forward.

The planned travel strategy route

This strategy must be recorded. It took several days of hard work to study.

This guide uses the provincial capital cities as the stopover points and the provincial capital museums as the travel theme, and stamps at the museums visited as souvenirs. The basic route starts from Shanghe and passes through Hohhot in Inner Mongolia, Yinchuan in Ningxia, and Urumqi in Xinjiang, to the final destination of Kanas in Xinjiang, and then returns to the starting point via Xining in Qinghai, Lanzhou in Gansu, Taiyuan in Shanxi, and Shijiazhuang in Hebei.

Specific itinerary:

Shanghe

---- 6 hours and 516 kilometers to Shangsu Village, Xigubao, Yu County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province Nuanquan Ancient Town (Dashuhua), viewing ancient villages

-----4 hours, 38 minutes, 377 kilometers to Hohhot (Inner Mongolia) Inner Mongolia Museum, Dazhao Temple, Zhaojun Tomb

< p> ----- 1 hour to Hadamen National Forest Park

----- 2 hours and 40 minutes to Xiangshawan

----- 6 hours and 15 Minutes to Yinchuan (Ningxia) Ningxia Science and Technology Museum

---48 minutes to Shuidonggou Tourist Area

---58 minutes to Zhenbeibao Western Cinema

---14 hours and 42 minutes to Hami

---7 hours to Urumqi (Xinjiang) Museum

---1 hour and 18 minutes to Juhuatai

---4 hours and 46 minutes to Karamay

---4 hours to Wucaitan

---2 hours to Kanas

Kanas

---16 hours to Hami

---6 hours and 45 minutes to Jiayuguan

---2 hours and 20 minutes to Gansu Provincial Zhangye Danxia Geopark

---6 hours and 48 minutes to Xining (Qinghai) Museum, Ma Bufang Mansion, Kumbum Monastery

---3 hours and 44 minutes to Lanzhou ( Gansu) Yellow River Iron Bridge, Dazhong Alley, Chenghuang Temple

---8 hours and 28 minutes to Hongshi Gorge, Yulin, Shaanxi, known as the "Forest of Steles on the Fortress"

---1 Hours and 48 minutes to Jiang's Manor, Mizhi County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province. It is a rare manor building in Shaanxi and the largest castle-style cave manor in the country

---5 hours to Taiyuan (Shanxi) Museum

---42 minutes to Jinci Temple, Mengshan Giant Buddha, Longshan Grottoes

---5 hours to Shijiazhuang (Hebei) Museum

---38 minutes to Baoding, Hebei , Kaiyuan Temple, Linji Temple, Rongguofu (already visited Longxing Temple in 2016)

---56 minutes to Zhaozhou Bridge or Baodu Village

--- 3 hours and 30 minutes to Shanghe

It is said that plans are not as fast as changes. It is true, but no matter what you do, you still have to have a plan. As for the changes encountered during execution, just let it take its course. Take things as they come.

The first day is Shanghe County, Jinan City --- Qing Xiling (Yongning Mountain to the west of Yixian County, Baoding City, Hebei Province) --- Nuanquan Town (west of Yu County, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province) --- - (Overnight stay in the service area for 1 night)

The second day Hohhot City (Dazhao Temple), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (overnight stay in Hohhot for 1 night)

The third day and the fourth day Ala, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Shanmeng Ejina (accommodation for 2 nights) (Juyanhai, Ejina Populus euphratica forest)

Day 5 (overnight stay in Turpan, Xinjiang for 1 night)

Day 6: Karamay City, Xinjiang Erhe Mining Area (World Devil City) ---- (stay in Urho for 1 night)

Day 7 Hemu Village, Burqin County, Xinjiang (stay at Hemu Village for 1 night)

Day 8: Kanas Lake Scenic Area, Baihaba Village --- (stay in a small town outside Kanas Scenic Area for 1 night)

Day 9: Hami, Xinjiang (stay for 1 night)

Day 10 Jiayuguan City, Gansu Province --- Sunan Yugu Autonomous County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province (1 night in the town near Sujing Area)

Day 11 (Zhangye Danxia Landform Geopark) - ---Zhongzheng City, Ningxia (1 night)

Day 12 Xixia District Town, Yinchuan, Ningxia (Zhenbeibao Western Film and Television City) ---- Honggu Gorge, Yulin, Shaanxi --- Mizhi County (Stay 1 night)

Day 13 Jiang’s Manor, Liucumao Village, Qiaohecha Township, Mizhi County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province --- Jinci Temple -- Zhengding County (Stay 1 night)

The fourteenth day (Rongguo Mansion)---go home

(To be continued)