Urumqi (Wulumuqi 乌鲁木齐) - July 19

Urumqi is the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the most 'inland' city in the world.
Rugs, carpets, Uygur-style hats, knitted sweaters, ethnic costumes, hand-made embroideries, jade carvings....shop until you drop.

Uyghur traditional medicine.


Ha, my favorite car mag hanging outside a newspaper store.
Don't know him.

China United Airlines is an airline based in Beijing. It operates a scheduled charter services in co-operation with local enterprises. Its main base is Beijing Nanyuan Airport. China United is the only airline that uses this airport, a former military airfield 18 km to the south of Beijing. In November 2002, China United Airlines terminated its scheduled services across the country. On June 4, 2005, the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) approved China United Airlines to be reconstructed by Shanghai Airlines and China Aviation Supplies (CASGC), with Shanghai Airlines holding 80% of the stake. The China United Airlines fleet consists of the following aircrafts (at March 2007)
2 Boeing 737-700
1 Boeing 737-800 (we flew with it)
We were the last to leave the luggage hall since we gave our luggage tags attached to one of our boarding passes to another person who switched seats with us. At the exit, we even had to unpack our stuff to show that the dirty underwear was ours.