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As a native of Xinjiang and someone who has been engaged in the tourism industry in Xinjiang for 20 years, Dahaido has always been a mole at the tip of my heart, and I have always longed for it, but have never had a suitable opportunity to go there.
Until the end of October last year, there happened to be a short holiday and I decided to take a trip around Hami. Coincidentally, my friend had time to drive into Ohaido.
When we went, it was a weekend. In the morning, we were circling around the city center of Hami to pick up people. Two cars, old and young, and seven people were struggling until around 10 o'clock before leaving. It was almost 12 o'clock when we arrived at the entrance of the scenic area in Wubao. Considering that I had to return to Hami on that day and had visited Ulhe Devil's City too many times, I chose to automatically give up and not enter the Wubao Devil's City here. We followed the route shown in the picture and accidentally took the loop back to Hami.
Scenic area tickets can be purchased online or through the scenic area's mini program. Various preferential policies are clearly indicated and there are also comprehensive rescue services available. For those who have not experienced entering unmanned areas, many may think simply that there are no people here and there is no need for rescue. In fact, precisely because it is an uninhabited area, there are many places inside with no or weak signals. In many places, when getting off the roadbed or driving to areas without ruts, cars will get stuck, and the danger factor of bicycles entering is greater. Another important point is that people without wilderness survival experience are prone to getting lost after entering. Without modern navigation equipment, do not casually leave the roadbed or the crowd you are heading towards. On the day we entered, there were vehicles coming and going along the way, and there were quite a few local vehicles. There were also 7 business seats on the way, so it was wise for everyone to choose to play along the way.
The section from entering the scenic area to Hongliutan is paved with asphalt, and the road condition is very good. There are some pictorial scenic spots along the way, and there are dedicated parking spots on the roadside. Most vehicles with limited traffic choose to stop here to get off and take photos. Therefore, this section of the road feels like an ordinary scenic spot, except for some spacious areas, there is not much special about it.
Driving on the road, the distant hill ahead looks right in front of me, but I feel like I can't walk up to it. The little sisters of the colleague has claustrophobia. She has been looking at the scenery outside the car window, and occasionally stretches out her mobile phone to take photos. After walking about 30 kilometers, I suddenly requested to stop and said I wanted to go home. I crouched on the roadside and vomited uncontrollably, either feeling motion sickness or shouting that my heart was not feeling well, and I had shortness of breath, chest tightness, and a headache. A group of people were initially frightened, but as they watched the person's face darken, they quickly drank water, patted their backs, and stopped by the roadside to rest for a while. It wasn't until they stopped vomiting that they saw improvement. After all, it was a false alarm, and thinking about it was also frightening. This breaks the fear of claustrophobia that I have always understood. I used to think that I couldn't enter enclosed and dark places, but it turns out that such too open places can also cause illness. This has also become a new topic of discussion for everyone along the way, and we have been worried that she will fall ill again. We must go home early that day, otherwise if similar situations occur again, it will be too late to call for rescue.
At the end of the asphalt road is the Red Willow Beach, where many red willows grow. The ground looks very dry, so there should be an underground water source.
There is the only modern hotel in the scenic area here, with a fixed lunch package available, which looks quite affordable. The main focus is on having a full meal. Some self driving camping tourists will camp here because there is a water source, a bathroom, and an open space outside for parking, making life more convenient.
After crossing the Hongliu Beach and entering the Yilong Canyon, there was only a gravel road surface. One of our cars was an X-Trail, which was almost 10 years old, so we dared not run fast and followed far behind another new SUV from 2023, eating dirt. This is the common washboard road on the Gobi Desert in Xinjiang. It took more than an hour to walk and stop along the 30 kilometer road.
There are many rocks on both sides of this canyon, and in some places, spring water seeps out from the cracks in the rocks. There is also a small river in the canyon, with very clear and clean water quality.
I have seen many guides and pictures before, but only here do I realize that any picture, whether finely crafted or not, can reflect the feeling of vastness, strength, loneliness, and desolation that these unique terrains bring to people.
The opening and use of the Great Seaway began in the Han Dynasty, and after the Tang Dynasty, official utilization tended to stop, gradually fading out of people's vision and becoming an ancient Silk Road that remained in historical memory. In the past, there were no modern means of transportation, and people who relied solely on camels, horses, and foot strength to leave this uninhabited area relied on what to support them all the way forward?
After leaving the canyon, we followed the gravel road to reach the Mars base. There is a wooden house and homestay behind the mountain, which is also a normal standard accommodation in the scenic area besides the Hongliutan Hotel. In addition to the wooden cabin, there is also a space capsule base. It is said that there were first spacecraft, followed by hotels and homestays. The water here is also pulled by car from Hongliu Beach. Previously, many people camped in the hinterland of the uninhabited area, mostly choosing to stay leeward here.
Move out the brought dry food in front of the wooden house and eat it separately before continuing forward.
After a simple meal, heading from the water source to the central scenic area in the north, the road was paved with sand and gravel all the way. Because the drone was newly acquired and was not proficient in flying, it could not capture a large picture effect, and could only keep the beautiful scenery in mind!
Summary:
Although the people of Xinjiang do not find the Gobi Yadan landform novel at all, for those who live in cities, this kind of remote from crowds, surrounded by silence, with only the sound of the wind and their own voice echoing in the valley, and even sitting quietly at the foot of the mountain looking into the distance without seeing the sky, can only sigh at the vastness of heaven and earth, and their own insignificance......