'''Aletai''' or '''Altay''' is a city in Xinjiang Province of China. Go 100 km or so in any direction except South and you hit a border: Mongolia to the East, Russia to the North, Khazakstan to the West.
Get in
By plane
The Aletai city airport is located 17 km from the town center and can be reached by taxi. The only destination you can fly to is Urumqi.
By bus
Location: Tuanjie Lu
'''Burqin''' - takes about 2 hours
'''Urumqi''' - takes about 12 hours
'''Yining''' - takes about 2 days
Get around
See
'''Birch Forest Park''' - prime bird-watching spot as well as amply endowed with wildflowers
Do
Difficult to find anything to do here, it takes 1 hour to walk through the town, though doing some shopping is not a bad idea.
Buy
All kinds of chirstals.
Eat
Lamb shishkebab, in local dialect is called Kebab, and in Chinese is called Yangrouchuer.
Boiled lamb, in local dialect is called Gushi, and in Chinese is called Shouzhurou.
Drink
'''Original Kazak yoghurt''', in Kazak is called Kitek. In Chinese it's Suannai.
Sleep
Aletai Diqu Bingguan, local 3 star hotel, probabely the best you can find, it's in city center, alone the Kelang river, no one speak English there, the hotel restaurant is also descnet. tel: +86- 906- 2122 188
Golden Bridge Hotel, local 3 star hotel, in city center, no one speak English, tel: +86- 906- 2127 566.
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