Jiayaguan to Hami, China, June 2016

Dag 38 Jiayaguan til Hami, 592 km

I dag var en rigtig lang tur på 592 km til Hami. Hele turen var på Motorvej.

Hami ligger i provinsen Xinjiang, som er Kinas største provins. Der var åbenbart nogle uroligheder her i 2014, så der er stadigvæk forhøjet sikkerhed, hvilket vi mærkede ved at vi 3 gange skulle vise pas.

Endless road - Endeløs vej

Where did the boat come from - Hvor skal båden hen?

Desert - Ørkenen

Turen gik igennem et fladt ørkenlandskab (Gobi ørkenen), så ikke meget at berette om det, andet end, at vi kørte ca 100 km igennem en vindmøllepark. Vi er nu i en del af Kina, som er beboet af en etnisk gruppe som hedder Uighur folket, disse er hovedsaligt muslimer, så maden er her, mere central asiatisk inspireret, hvilket vil sige lammekød og brød. Så efter vi havde tjekket ind på vores hotel og været ude og gå en tur, (hvor vi fandt nye batterier til vores bil nøgle og købt brød til morgen mad), fandt vi Uighur mad på et gade marked, stegte lamme koteletter og brød til – hold da helt op hvor vi nød det.

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22nd June, distance 592 km, driving time 9 hours

Left Jiayaguan, at 9.30 am for Hami.

Since our hotel, in this new satellite town was just right outside the motor road, it took us just 2 min to reach the first toll gate.

In China, you pay a considerable sum for driving on the High Speed Highways. The cost was app 1500, for the day.

Bikers on the road - Motorcykel klub på vejen

On the highway, for more than 100 km on both the sides, was a Windmill park. This Windmill park, was so enormous that it took us 1 hour to pass it,  and on top of it, were all the transmission lines, from the windmills to the main lines. An amazing sight.

Windmills and flat land - Vindmøller og uendelig ørken

The landscape was just flat out, with a few mountains in the horizon. Reached Hami at 5.30 pm and checked into our hotel.

Street food, lovely - Gadekøkken, dejligt

Went for a short walk, around town in the blistering heat, and soon found out that the Uighur people in this district are 90 % Muslims. We enjoyed a fabulous meal of kebabs and beer. What a relief from the usual Chinese food eaten with Chop Sticks.