From Urumqi I left for Kashgar by a white coloured double-decker train No. N886. The ride would take 23 hours. This is one of the most exciting train rides thus far.
Not long after leaving Urumqi, came in sight was herds of two-humped camels grazing freely on a grassland with few small lakes around. The train continued speeding into a barren hilly landscape and went through a series of tunnels, it was a contrast when ranges of mountains with streaks of snow appeared as backdrop. Out of a sudden I saw a brown fox, with black nose and bushy tail, running wildly as the train went passed. I got excited because it is one thing to see a caged one, and another to see a wild animal. Then I noticed actually there were quite a number of small animals here and there on the plain, looked like rabbit or marmot which I am not really sure. Occasional there were some cone-shaped tents of shepards, they spread far apart on the grassland, some with herds of sheep, and some with horses, I found the life here congenial and absorbed all these into memory with rapt attention.
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