Yining

By plane

Yining Airport is a 15 minute taxi ride north of town. The only destinations for flights out of Yining are Urumqi and Altay.

By bus

The Long Distance Bus Station is at the northwest end of Jiefang Road near the intersection with Ahemaitijiang Road.

Almaty, Kazakhstan

takes about 12-15 hours, but apparantly no direct buses

Altai City via Burqin

takes about 48 hours

Chorgas

Small bus ¥25, Large bus ¥?. Use this to cross the border to Kazakhstan by foot. Takes about one hour after which you can walk to the border by foot in ten minutes. Once through the Chinese passport control and customs you must use a bus to travel over the border for ¥20. Bribes appear to have been formalised so that you need to pay a further ¥20 after the bus departs. On the Kazakh side there is another little bus that apparently costs 500 Tenge to take you to the taxi-stand. Do not forget to ask for your apparently free registration at the Kazakh border, you need two stamps on your immigration card for this. Otherwise it costs 767 Tenge, atleast in Almaty, to register. It is not really necessary but can save you a lot of hassle with corrupt officials.

Kashgar

takes about 48 hours

Korla

takes about 18-30 hours

Urumqi

takes about 15 hours, pretty rough road