Clever Chinese businessmen make money out of nothing or out of desert and sand:
You'll see Flaming Mountain on the way to the Thousand Buddha Grottoes of Beziklik. A Chinese business man has now turned the best spot for taking fotos into a main attraction, where visitors have to pay entrance fee for taking pics.
Be careful, when you see nice ladies in traditional dress, or camels: they are normally dressed so that tourists can take a picture with them. and of course this cost some money!
Updated Jul 27, 2007
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Q: When is the best time to visit Turpan? I would love see the grapes fruit ripening and harvest them.

A: I know little about that area but they do have their grape festival in August.
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Turpan is a pleasant small town with not so many highrise buildings. It is the ideal location to explore the ruins of old cities along the silkroad, the famous Thousand Buddha Grottoes of Beziklik or...
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Turpan is a medium sized town in the Xinjoiang Uygur region, north west of China, in an area where most of the population is uygur, the main religion is muslim and you can still find some traces of......
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You haven't been Xinjiang? You haven't been Turpan? well......you haven't know what is the most delicious grape. Come to here, open an wizardly word's door.
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Turpan - A small town with lots to see

I was at Turpan as part of my China silk road and sichuan province trip in Sep 2002. Would like to share with you some of my experiences.
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Several of the cities we have visited in Central Asia claim to have the ideal climate for growing the sweetest watermelons. Turpan however, specialises in grapes - small, sweet and delicious.
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