AS A HEN GATHERS HER CHICKS UNDER HER WINGS..Matt23:37

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

20260922 D9 Beautiful Nalati!

Nalati again! From mountain to the valley!

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20260921 D9 -Yining & Ili via Guozigou bridge

22/9/26 : Nalati! The Switzerland of the East!

We drove pass the most expensive bridge Guozigo yesterday into ILi. Ex- due to materials for quake proof. Already in operation for over 15 years. From the top ,

We drove into a 3km tunnel thru the mountain and ended at the bottom the bridge. This had help to cut the driving time from here to Urumuqi from 2 days to 1/2 day now!

Ili is a small town of 300k in the Yining County. Home to the Uighurs and Kazakhs and the unique Narati Grassland!

Because ours is a free and easy tour with the driver whose home is near ILi? We requested him to take us to the old sector of the town. We were at the new town side where the spider web township centre was built during the old times. Now tourist shops. But the old town with the horse ride was more interesting. Sky blue is the architect love of the Uighurs and Kazakhs.

Really quite amazing. The drive from ILi to this grassland is worth it. No one can imagine such a view at the 2000m alpine meadow! So many herds of horses, sheep, goats and cows around!

We took the mountain bus only to the mid level of this beautiful alpine this afternoon.

So Tomo we intend to take the cable car to the top and return to have another down again. Cos this is really pretty! Think can skip Switzerland now. 😂

20260921:D8: Rainbow@ Sayram lake

21/9/26 : Rainbow @ Sayram Lake

Known in Mongolian as Sayram Nur, which means "the lake on the mountain ridge". Its ancient name is Jinghai.

Formed 70 million years ago by crustal fault‑sinking during the Himalayan orogeny, it is a fault‑trough lake.

It is known as "the Last Tear of the Atlantic Ocean". This is because warm‑wet air currents from the Atlantic travel eastward across Eurasia. When they reach the Tianshan Mountains, they are blocked by the high mountain ranges. The water vapour condenses here into rain and snow.

Sayram Lake is a closed endorheic lake with no outflow. It is fed only by rainfall and glacial melt‑water.

1. The lake surface sits at an 2073m

2. The total scenic‑area covers 1314 square kilometers, symbolizing "for a lifetime".

3. Maximum water depth: 92 meters. The ring‑lake highway stretches 90 kilometers. Both figures contain the number 90, representing "lasting forever".

4. Boasting water transparency up to 12 meters, it is an alpine brackish cold‑water lake.

With only 1 type of white fish

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Sayram Video!