2005 Beijing FSP Silk Road Trip Tentative Itinerary

8/22	Beijing--> Urumqi by flight [CZ9102 (14:40-18:20)]. Stay at Xinjiang Grand Hotel (Formerly Holiday Inn).
8/23	Urumqi--> Heavenly Lake (bus, about 2 hours). Stay in Kazakh yurts.
8/24	Heavenly Lake--> Urumqi Museum, Xinjiang International Bazaar. Stay at Xinjiang Grand Hotel.
8/25	Urumqi--> Turpan (bus, 3-4 hours): Emin Minaret (Sugongta), Karez Underground Irrigation Channels, Jiaohe ruins, Uighur performance. Stay at Oasis Hotel.
8/26	Thousand Buddha Cabes (Bezeklik Caves), Flaming Mountains, Astana Tombs, Gaochang City ruins, Grape Valley. bus back to Urumqi. Stay at Xinjiang Grand Hotel.
8/27	Southern Mountain Pastureland, Red Hill. Night train N 950 to Liuyuan/Dunhuang (19:44-08:41).
8/28	Liuyuan to Dunhuang by bus. Museum and Shazhou night market. Stay at International Hotel.
8/29	Early morning camel ride (3.5 hours) to Mogao Grottoes. Mingsha (Singing Sands) Hills and Crescent Moon Spring. Dunhuang--> Xi'an by flight [MU2228 (21:40-23:40)]. Stay at Hotel Royal.
8/30	Terracotta Warriors, Huaqing Spring, Banpo Neolithic Village, Bell Tower, City Wall. Stay at Hotel Royal.
8/31	Provincial Museum, Wild Goose Pagoda, [Han Tombs or Yangling]. Fly back to Beijing [CA1204 (16:20-18:00)].