At the end of a Turpan [TOOR-pan] day, when the heat finally begins to leave the ground, Jiaohe Ancient City stops reading like a ruin and starts reading like a stage set. Jiaohe Ancient City [JEE-ow-huh] (交河故城, the 2,000-year-old Silk Road fortress outside Turpan) sits on a flat plateau between two river valleys. That shape...Read More
