city of Jiaohe. Sacked by the Mongols in 1381 it had been a community
for 2500 years.
Temperature today is 33 degrees, but in summer is commonly 50 degrees.
They say it never rains here which is why the city was preserved. I
believe the old city is actually below sea level but did not check
while I was there.
Lots of grape drying sheds where sultanas and raisins are made. Turpan
is a city of about 700,000.
Had lunch at a Muslim Halal restaurant and now back on the road
heading East across the top of the Goshun Gobi.
We've crossed some enormous shingle fans with 1000m of relief and 50km across.
The road has hundreds of trucks on it, most grossly overloaded. One
wonders how long the new roading infrastructure will last given the
damage heavy trucks make.
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