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Qinghai Lake · Route
The pier, the yurt night and the Heima sunrise - the essential lake.
Drive from Xining to the Erlangjian shore (about 3 hours) - the pier, the boat ride and the rapeseed fields; evening in the yurt camp with mutton and tsampa.
Sunrise at the Heima River shore, then the drive back to Xining through the flowered eastern shore.