2007 Jul 26:
I woke up around 6:30am in the morning while everyone else sleeping and hiked around 30 minutes to a viewer's spot to shoot pictures of sunrise.  It was cold before the sunrise, absolutely. 
After I finished shooting, I went down to wake them up and we strolled around Hemu 禾木 and went to some places behind where the locals live and walked up the hills.  We were trying to do things where no other tourists were doing.  Four out of five of us stepped on whatever shit that morning. 
Around noon time after lunch, we took the shuttle back to the entrance of the place and we drove all the way back to the start of 嘉登峪 and took a different way to Kanas 喀纳斯. 
Kanas 喀纳斯 is a famous tourist spot where the 喀纳斯湖 (with rumor of lake monster's appearance) lies within.    Not to forget, 喀纳斯 is one place where it was very close to the border of Russia.
Kanas 喀纳斯 was so far one of the biggest disappointment for us as it was too commercial and expensive.  The place was very big that there are frequent shuttle buses going through the place.  After we settled down in a really primitive wooden hut with rooms separated by thin wooden boards and broken glasses, we took a shuttle bus up the road and walked around the 喀纳斯湖.  Lots of lots of tourists. 
Then we came back to our lodge in late afternoon and spent an hour or so chatting and resting.  Dinner and bed time followed.

For portraits taken today, please click --> Z Room