Giving Golmud a chance

Days #51-54

Golmud is the transit town for foreigners on their way into Tibet. This is the only entry road open for for them. Most leave as quickly as possible. We, on the other hand, stayed for several nights resting and discovering the city most tourists neglect to appreciate. It was also the largest town we had been to since Chengdu. We found a great market selling everything from full-sized pigs hanging in rows, to eggplants, to underwear. At 6pm the night market arrives; people in their carts set up tents, lay out some benches and BBQ meat in skewers for people to eat until the waking hours of 5am. Night life, wow! Every other town shuts down at dusk. This is nice. 5 hours at the post office forced us to stay another night but we finally left on
the 5th day.