14/6/26 Sun: We got up at 7.45am and went up to meet FIL and Potato for buffet breakfast at 8.30am. There was the cold马肉马肠which was a bit tough I thought. Departed at 9.30am for克拉美丽沙漠公园and arrived at 12pm. *Thanks to阿力木for the local snacks~*
There were many tourists around. Dinosaur fossils were said to be found there last time and everyone wanted to take pictures with it. We had to first walk up the sand slope but it was soft and your feet just sinks in whenever. We were only out there for 15 minutes, and even with sunscreen on, my skin already turned red!Thanks to Fran's ChatGPT photoshop skills, other humans were removed in my photo with the fossil haha! There were other activities around like camel-riding, zip-lining and bridge-crossing, but we decided to leave after 15 minutes because it was too hot.
Arrived at丝路盛宴for lunch at 3pm. According to阿力木, the time is unified across China now, but Xinjiang used to be two hours behind, hence they still eat lunch and dinner like two hours later than the usual timings. We ordered大盘鸡、蒜泥豆角、菜花，凉拌牛肉and土豆丝 (RMB 357). I quite enjoyed the chicken and cauliflower, but the best was the potato... can never go wrong in China haha!
Spent a short while in their outdoor small vegetable garden where they plant their own veggies before driving off at 4.15pmto乌伦古湖, one of the four big lakes in Xinjiang. Like our jump shots... in which FIL just did the same pose in every photo haha~
We were there at 5pm and stayed for half an hour. The skies are as pretty as ever, but it was still quite hot without much shelter around. Saw many people swimming and a boy was naked haha~ PY bought ice-cream just before we left. 阿力木probably wanted a quick smoke stop, so he randomly asked us to stop at a "nothing-to-see" spot to take photos aiyoh... but glad we've PY who seems to always have random good ideas for shots!Love the last group photo! We then reached 班的酒店and checked in before we went for dinner nearby in a新疆特色餐厅.
*I was quite tired by then and I could feel the PPPD symptoms again, just like the first two nights when I didn't have enough rest.* We ate沙葱炒蛋、东乡手抓肉、烤茄子和杏鲍菇、黑蘑菇、二节子炒面和蘑菇盖饭 (RMB 373）from 8.30 to 9.45pm. 沙葱炒蛋and the BBQ brinjal and oyster shrooms were nice, the black mushrooms were okay, but the others were only meh for me.
Shopped around in a convenience store nearby after eating some watermelons and FIL bought some Uuusu beer back. PY and I drank in my FIL and Potato's room at 11.45pm for about 15 minutes or so before I had to call it a night.
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