Urumqi to Tarkshken

We cycled south out of Xiahe through grasslands, met a nice family who let us shelter for the rain and crossed the Yellow River once again.

Crossing the Yellow sea we cycled from Qingdao inland through Shandong province.

We followed the river north and reached the very busy city of Dalian with many big roads. We have really crossed the Asian continent! We took a ferry to Yantai and from there a ferry to Incheon South Korea.

Cycling out of Jinzhou we made the decision to head for Dalian. The route mainly had bigger roads and less interesting scenery, oil pumps but also the sea!

The road from Urumqi to Tarkshken in the winter as mix of cultures and nature. Camels is the big thing here :)