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Northern Xinjiang · Day Trip
First light over the log roofs of the Tuva village, then the birch groves and the lanes of the most photographed corner of the north.
Before sunrise up the platform above the village - the mist, the log roofs and the golden birches in the first light.
Down through the wooden houses, the cattle lanes and the Kazakh tea houses of Hemu.
The afternoon walk or horse ride through the birch and pine beyond the village, then the shuttle back to Jiadenyu.