Ninth and tenth stops in go on road trip, Xinjiang (the ninth day): Good luck to see the snow scene in Tianshan Mountain, Horgos Sailimu Lake.
1. Depart at10: 30 a.m., destination, Horgos Sailimu Lake. Trip 129 km.
? Before leaving, I saw the northern Tianshan Mountains in the distance.
We went along Lianhuo Expressway to Horgos Sailimu Lake. We thought that the Snow Mountain was far away from our road. Unexpectedly, it was the direction we were heading for. Originally, it was a distant view and gradually became a close view. Finally, we found that Sailimu Lake was at the foot of the Snow Mountain. Haha, it was so lucky. Damei Snow Mountain is extraordinarily enchanting. However, the sudden cooling, also horribly cold:
2. Arrive at Sailimu Lake Scenic Area around noon12: 00.
Sailimu Lake is the fifth batch of national scenic spots. It is the highest altitude, the largest area and the most beautiful alpine lake in Xinjiang, and it is also the last place where the warm and humid air currents in the Atlantic Ocean care. Therefore, it is called "the last tear in the Atlantic Ocean".
? Sailimu Lake, known as "Jinghai" in ancient times, is located in the northern Tianshan Mountains in Bole City, Bortala Prefecture, Xinjiang, adjacent to Huocheng County, Yili Prefecture. The lake is 207 1 m above sea level, 30 km long from east to west, 25 km wide from north to south, with an area of 453 square kilometers, a storage capacity of 2 10 billion cubic meters, and the lake is clear and transparent/kloc-.
? There were no fish in Sailimu Lake originally. 1998 introduced cold-water fish from Russia, such as high whitebait and concave whitebait, and caught finished fish for the first time in 2000, ending the history of no fish production in Sailimu Lake. After ten years of development, it has become an important cold-water fish production base in Xinjiang.
Sailimu Lake Scenic Area is divided into six functional areas: scenic area around the lake, grassland nomadic customs area, ecological landscape conservation area, swan and other rare birds habitat protection area, tourism comprehensive service area and original ecological environment conservation area. Three special protected areas, namely, the central core water body of Sailimu Lake, the water body habitat of Swan Wetland Meadow in the West Sea and Chagan Guole Ice and Snow Ecological Adventure Scenic Area, were identified:
3. At 3: 00 pm, we left Sailimu Lake, crossed the northern Tianshan Mountains, and arrived at Horgos at around 5: 00 pm. Trip 1 1 1 km.
Horgos, which belongs to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is a county-level city managed by Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture. It is located at the mouth of Ili Valley in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at the westernmost end of National Highway 3 12 and Longhai-Lanxin Railway, 670 kilometers away from Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and 378 kilometers away from Almaty, the former capital of Kazakhstan.
In 2006, China and Kazakhstan jointly established the China-Kazakhstan Horgos International Border Cooperation Center, which became the first cross-border free trade zone in the world, with a total area of 5.28 square kilometers, including 3.43 square kilometers in China and 1.85 square kilometers in Kazakhstan.
Fourth, stay in the Vienna Hotel at night and taste the famous pepper chicken in Xinjiang: