In the foot steps of Marco polo
August 30th, 2010 at 0:07
Happy with hotan we continued east with bus another 300 kilometres to Niya (Minfeng). A nice newly made road where some parts had been destroyed by either sand or flooding.
Reading the travels of Marco polo I found out he also took the same route in Xinjiang before going into Mongolia.
Bus was the smallest so far with far from enough leg space. There was an option of private car but for the double price of 80 rmb I thought ut was not worth it. I might have been wrong. Still, after two hours in the road the neighbours started to chat and ended up having dinner with one of them. He also helped us find a hotel and we bought some fresh fruit on the street.
