Hi @kaixin

You caught a typo in my poem, thank you I was a little tired when I was writing yesterday 😂

I meant tear, as in to tear something apart. Like 'rip' it apart.

Definition of tear (Entry 1 of 4)
transitive verb

1a: to separate parts of or pull apart by force : REND
b: to wound by or as if by pulling apart by force : LACERATE
tear the skin

I will ammend the post now to change the spelling mistake 😊

I'm very interested in Mongolian history about Genghis Khan, too. When I was in Xinjiang, I felt I was very close to that period of history. In fact, the name of the place we stayed just originated from its Mongolian name.

This is really interesting, and I am a little jealous that you got to visit a place close to the Mongolian border. I am guessing the landscape was similar to Mongolia where you visited? To be honest it is all about the wild landscape for me rather than saying I've visited a country. If it was the same wild plains and mountains, I wouldn't care about borders myself.

I shall check out your blog about Xinjiang with interest 🙂👍