Way back to Urumqi

We sold our tent for food.

After finished that 4-day hiking in Kanas National Park, I decided to have a day rest in Kanas, and then went back to Urumqi  the capital city of Xinjiang. 

That Last day was a little bit funny, after 4 days hiking, we  run out of cash. We figured that we can get some cash as long as we arrived the Kanas Lake Area, which is the most prosperous village in the northern Xinjiang. 

Cute Kazakhs kid

However, we failed. After we paid our Last Day rent, we didn't have enough cash to pay the food and we were sick of those hard tack, so we sold our only tent to the owner of the family Inn, who is a kind Kazakhs. He agreed, accepted that tent and made three of us a great dinner and breakfast.

 Local Beer, it is so strong

After a one day rest, I just felt energetic, so I decided to went back by hitchhiking. From Burqin to Urumqi, it was like more than 400 miles. Since Burqin is a small county, I went to the entrance of the national roads, which connects the northern Xinjiang and Urumqi. 

wait for a lift, Burqin

back to Urumqi,Tian Shan Range

Luckily,  after a few unsuccessful tries,  an generous driver picked me up. He said he was a backpacker as well, every time he saw backpacker waving their hands on the side of the road, as long as he had some space, he would give them a ride. 

First time saw Populus euphratica.

He was so kind. His car was a Mitsubishi SUV, so we just spent like 5 hours from Burqin county back to Urumqi. Here, I am gonna show you some pics that I took during the way back.










Now, Time to say goodbye to Northern Xinjiang and Kind Kazakhs. Let's enjoy this beautiful Song from Kazakhs.