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I'm planning to travel xinjiang in september.
Anyone can help to answer me would be great!!

- Do you have any idea the bus schedule from urumqi to yining and yining to urumqi?

- my purpose to yining is to visit sayram lake and fruit valley. I knew sayram lake is not far from yining but have no idea about fruit valley. How do I get from yining to fruit valley?

- has anyone been to BayanBulak or Narati grasslands? How to go there or is it even open to public now?

- Do you think it's easy to take bus from buerjin to karamay, visit the ghost city and then take a bus to yining? I just couldn't find anything online so far.

- Has anyone been to Baihaba, Hemu or Habahe near Kanas lake?
How do I get to these place by public bus and how many days do I need?
Is there very big difference in terms of the landscape & scenery compare to kanas lake area?
Just to share that our time are quite short but since we are going all the way to kanas, so might as well drop by those places, if it doesnt take up too much travelling time.

- I've read that there are a 4 day tour that includes the monster city, do you think the tour will be cheaper comparing to DIY?

- I plan to stopover at kuqa/kuche on my way from kashgar to urumqi. How do i get to the grand canyon and the thousand buddha caves?
Also how do I get to luntai huyang poplar forest? anyone been here before or even heard of it?

My current route will be :
urumqi - tianchi
urumqi - kanas lake & surrounding area, buerjin - ghost town (if I can get public bus to yining/sayram it's better, if not i'll go back to urumqi)
urumqi - sayram lake, yining, fruit valley - urumqi
urumqi - kashgar, stopover at kuqa
kashgar - karakul - tashkurgan - border - kashgar
kashgar - urumqi.
urumqi - turpan.

Please please let me know what you think.
many thanks