How to Go to Beijing from Ili 100 Years ago, 3500 km
video link: Intro The distance from Beijing to Ili is almost 3500 kilometers. Nowadays we can go there by plane in 7 hours. But sometimes I wonder how did the people go and come between Ili and Beijing 100 years ago? Until several days ago I knew a book and finally I knew how they have this journey. Where Is Ili? First of all, where is Ili? This region is almost in the center of Asia so it results in this region being one of the most distant from the sea. Then, Ili is also a region on the border between China and Kazakhstan so this region is in the far west of China nowadays. But Beijing is a typical city in the east of China. Plus, Ili has an Ili river so it is not a desert but when we go out of Ili, most of the regions between Beijing and Ili are desert and mountains so this should be a very hard trip if we go by land, especially 100 years ago. The Book Now let’s talk about this book. Who must have had this hard and very long journey? This man is Konggol...
