Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Day 22, 21 June 2012 Hami to Turpan

Today total distance traveled 420.5km


We passed by the infamous Flaming Mountains from the legendary Chinese folk story, Journey to the West while on our way to Turpan.





The Flaming Mountains (Chinese: 火焰山; pinyin: huǒyànshān) or Gaochang Mountains are barren, eroded, redsandstone hills in Tian Shan Mountain range, Xinjiang, China.

The Flaming Mountains received their name from a fantasy account of a Buddhist monk, Xuanzang accompanied by a Monkey King with magical powers, who runs into a wall of flames on his pilgrimage to India in the popular 16th century novel, Journey to the West.


Streets children playing in a monsoon drain

The small oasis town of Turpan has long been a Silk Road outpost. The town is located in a depression 80m below sea level, which accounts for its extreme climate- approximate 45deg C in summer and well below freezing in winter.






No comments:

Post a Comment

10 August 2021 Memorable Day Panaga Brunei

It has been almost two years since my last update. Life is treating me very well and in fact, I am very grateful to the Universe for placing...