The journey from Urumqi to Kanas Lake was interesting, passing by the famous Karamy, we arrived Burqin after a 8am to 11pm bus ride. As Burqin is at the north Altai region near the border of China with Russia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan, the ethnic live here are the Kazakhs.
After resting at Burqin for a night, we were on the bus again. The first thing was a group of Kazakhs nomading - moving their yurt from one place to another. The Kazakhs are nomadic in nature and still living like before.
The Kazakhs are real horseman, moving a troop is no easy business. Everything was in-controlled until our bus was on the road and these poor Kazakhs had to let us through, like we were there first before them and we had the privilege.
As we arrived in the Kanas Lake National Park, the way the people live is insight - the yurts and the wooden houses. It amazed me how these Kazakhs live through the harsh cold winter. We were there in September, but the night was unbearable. I put up 3 sweaters, my jacket and rolled myself in 2 thick blankets, but I felt frozen through the nights. But the Kazakhs seem as ease, is just another autumn night.
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| The yurt, in troops. |
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| The wooden house, we stayed at one of these for a night. |
As we were already in the Altai mountain ranges, the mountain is in sight. The Kazakhs run their daily life and there is this ethnic group called the Tuva. The guide told us that the Tuva can not call themselves a race because the whole ethnic group can not make up the race requirement of 1400+ people. Thus, they have to stay as an ethnic group, not a race.
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