Elion turns the Kubuqi Desert into an oasis (2)

SiRen Babu stands next to a dozen off-road vehicles. He knows them inside out— source, price and performance—as he provides cross-country trips to tourists. In a few days when the peak season comes to Kubuqi, the vehicles will be busy ferrying tourists across sand. “We take visitors into the depths of the desert. After one-night camp, we go back and pick them up again,” explains Babu. [Photo by Yang Jia]