MIR Corporation's Travel Blog:
Chinese Turkestan & Central Asia
Andrew Barron, MIR's Director of Scheduled Group Tours, visits the ancient Silk Road in Western China and the 'Stans with the Chinese Turkestan & Central Asia scheduled group tour. Read about his journey from Almaty to Urumqi, Kashgar and Bishkek. 
Day 4: Turgen Gorge, flight to Urumqi - Waterfall
May 16, 2008
We drove even further outside the city today to Turgen Gorge for a hike up to Medvezhiy Waterfall. The name means Bear Waterfall, but we were lucky enough not to run into any of the namesake animals. The hike was fairly challenging, as the surface was on large uneven gravel and rocks most of the way up. The cascade at the top of the trail was pretty, and well worth the hour-plus hike. What was better was the shashlyk picnic waiting for us back at the bottom. I could eat grilled lamb for lunch every day of the week, but for those who weren't quite as interested there were salads and breads, hot tea and cold juice. We ate by the river under cover of trees, and had the picnic area there to ourselves.
We headed straight to the airport at the end of the day for our flight to Urumqi in Xinjiang Province China, where we had a very late arrival and transferred to our hotel.
Photos from this leg of the tour:
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