Aletai

Aletai (阿勒泰; Ālètài; also known as Altay) is a city in Xinjiang Province of China. Go 100km 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 (AAT) is 17km from the town center and can be reached by taxi. The only destinations you can fly to are Urumqi and Yining.The airport only operates 5 months in each year and close during winter. By bus The bus station is at Tuanjie Road. Burqin — takes about 1.5-2 hours, a bus every hour, costs ¥21 Urumqi — takes about 12 hours, sleeper ¥160-170 Yining — takes about 2 days Get around In place of buses or taxis, Aletai has an amalgam that costs ¥1 per person anywhere within the town. By Bus 101 — from the bus station will to the city center, People's Square (人民广场) and near the PSB 1 — from the bus station to city center See Flower field of Kanas Burqin. Birch Forest Park. Prime bird-watching spot as well as amply endowed with wildflowers.  edit 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. Beshbarmak, the traditional dish of the kazakhs is a mixture of boiled lamb, potatoes, carrots and noodles usually eaten with the hands. Drink Original Kazak yoghurt, in Kazak is called airan. In Chinese it is Suannai. Sleep Aletai Diqu Hotel (Aletai Diqu Bingguan), (in city center, alone the Kelang River), ☎ +86 906 2122188. Local three star hotel, probably the best you can find, no one speak English there, the hotel restaurant is also decent.  edit Bus Station G.H, (just beside the bus station). Clean rooms and hot water. Double ¥100.  edit Golden Bridge Hotel, (in city center), ☎ +86 906 2127566. Local three star hotel, no one speak English.  edit Postal Hotel, (next to the post office). Two star hotel. They do not speak English. Pay no attention to the marked prices and bargain it down to ¥140.  edit Cope Visas PSB - visa extentions. M-F 10AM-noon, 1PM-6PM. Can give you just 7-10 days and will probably send you to Urumqi. Nobody speaks English. ¥160.  edit Get out Kanas Nature Reserve — approximately four hours away by bus This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!