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Weather

1. Affected by its location, Asia-European Continent, the region is 2 hours after than Beijing time, and it is also the hottest area (reach 40C at Turpan outside in Aug), as well as coldest area (-20C in Jan).

2. The period from May to October is the best time to take this route. Weather condition is pleasant with the average temperature of 15 degree centigrade. The scenery is the best when fruit become ripe, the flowers in full bloom and grass in grassland turns to green.

Things to bring

1. Please bring warm clothing even in hot summer for temperature differs greatly between daytime and nights in some places on the route.

2. Bring shoes suitable for walking.

3. It is advisable to use sunscreen, sunglasses and lip creams to protect your eyes and skin. The altitude is high and the atmosphere allow the sun's solar radiation to strike the earth with unusual intensity.

Food

1. Xinjiang grows a rich of variety of fruit. People traveling there in autumn are provided chance to try the sweet fruit that are available in that region. It is recommended not to drink hot tea soon after eating fruit because it may cause in diarrhea.

2. Xinjiang is home to most of China's Muslim population and eating pork is forbidden according to the Muslim canons. Local people are used to taking beaf, mutton and noodle food, so the cuisine are more mass and oiled. At Umruqi, Turfan and Kashigar, we could change to fit western taste a little, but at rude area, visitors have to get used to its own feature.

Hotel

For hotels, there is clear division for peak (Jun. to Oct) and low season (the rest). If you are traveling during Mar. hotels would offer few kind of sorts for breakfast, even cut off air-condition service because of 5-10% occupancy only. And when traveling around the rude area (eg:Kuche, Hetian), there might be only 1 or 2 hotels could serve foreigners loging in with basic facility-standard room with private washing room and simple breakfast, no more.

Tour Guide

1. Most of our guides are minority, all of them are graduated from university, but limited by the economy and education developing, their spoken English might be not as fluent as the ones in Beijing and Shanghai, but they are always zealous and hospitable. Moreover, they know the local people and area well than Han. You will be appreciated with them when you are visiting the local minority family.

2. Our guides are pleasant to take you to some local small market (Bazzar), and to avoid long time driving. We also stop to visit some local scenic spots, which are not worth of visiting as Heaven Lake or Kezier Thousand Buddhist Caves, but it is a good chance to get off for rest. Simple toilet serves on way, even you need go out of sight to work out. Pleasr bring your own tissue since there is no water and toilet paper.

Culture Issue

Please do not talk about sensitive issues such as religions and politics when in Xinjiang.60% of the total popular of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous is minority, who are mainly belief in Muslem, please do respect their custom (no pork), and follow your guides' advice when visiting the specified family or entering into mosque. General Information

Road Condition

Xinjiang is 1/6 of entire Chinese territory, so there are long distances between cities. When you are traveling to south part of Xinjiang province (Kuche, Kuele, Hetian), visitors have to spend more time in van moving from one to next. But the road condition is good. Here gives the general idea the distance and hour between cities.