Gansu-Qinghai Grand Ring Route (3) Crook Lake and Desert

Get up early and continue westward, arriving at a small scenic spot, Crook Lake, at around 9 o'clock.

Compared with yesterday's Salt Lake, this attraction is much inferior, and the content is also very simple.

The name of the lake is the name of two people, and there is a statue to commemorate the love of the two people in the legend. I would say that the reason why this place has become a tourist attraction is just to make up the numbers, because the travel distance on the Northwest Ring Road is really a bit long and the drive is very boring. And tonight’s destination is Dunhuang, which is really a bit far away, half a mile. I stopped to visit this place on the way just to relax and have a rest.

When starting from here, the water scenery in the past few days has gradually diminished. The Northwest is not a place rich in water resources, so these lakes can become scenic spots. The green plants on the ground went from covering the ground to sparse and then gradually extinct. I basically experienced the complete process from forest to grassland to desert. Both mentally and geographically, I felt a sense of "getting out of the woods". I feel like the ancient frontier poems were probably written in this way.

Taking pictures from the car on the way, you can see that the vegetation on the road has become sparse, and the rocky soil has been exposed. After experiencing drought and desertification, it has developed into a desert. The scenery along the way perfectly reflects this change. .

Xuanzang's journey to the west

a man-made attraction

After I got used to the bare ground, I suddenly saw green eyes again. The tour guide informed us that we had arrived in Dunhuang.

Dunhuang gives people a very strange feeling. The desert and green plants are naturally connected, with no transition and clear distinction. This is probably an oasis in the desert!

The first activity here is really not to see the green, but to see the desert. We came to a place with distinctive desert scenery.

Another project offered by the travel agency is riding a desert motorcycle. It feels the same as riding a speedboat on the water. It's flying up and down, floating here and there. It's better for people of our age not to play. I originally thought that the purpose of riding a motorcycle was to go up to the top of the sand dune. I didn't know that there was such a crazy experience , so I decided to walk down the mountain on my own.