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The Silk Road:Kashgar and the New Silk Road
Nov 7, 2007
(21 photos)
" At the Khunjerab Pass, the land transfers ownership to China, sheep and goats replace Ibex, and the border guards say "Welcome to China." The road widens dramatically, with ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
lraleigh
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Travels along the silk road
Jun 9, 2006
(45 photos)
"After the Gobi March 2006, comp[etitors and staff alike stormed into the hotel to take a well deserved long shower; imagine the smell as over 140 people arrived at the hotel on Sat ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
grizzly
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China - The old silk road
May 1, 2000
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"The old silk road The Silk Road, or Silk Route, is an interconnected series of ancient trade routes through various regions of the Asian continent mainly connecting Chang'an (today ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
watchtheworld
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Believe it or not, this is China
Jun 19, 2008
(97 photos)
"I think maybe the picture and the title will give you the best (without actually coming here) idea of what I mean that any lengthy explanation. For two millennia Kashgar has been a ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
markwilliams84
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Kashgar, Xinjiang
Aug 19, 2007
"Kashgar, China by Tom Carter "He's from Pakistan.""No, no! He's Japanese." A lively group of Uyghurs orbiting around me at the Hotan marketplace in southern Xinjiang were vociferou ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
tomcarter
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Across the Khunjarab Pass
Jun 14, 2008
"well its been a while so this might be a longer than usual entry.... interweb wasnt exactly readily available once we hit the KKH proper and so theres lots to catch up on. we ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
nikkiviper
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Back to Kashgar
Jul 30, 2005
(38 photos)
"After a memorable trip and argument with the tour guide at Lake Karakol we made it back to Kashgar where we spent a few days exploring. Discovering what the term food meant... ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
rachels
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Kashgar... say it again... Kashgar... oooh...
Apr 29, 2006
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"Stepping off the airplane and into the Kashgar airport waiting area is definitely like stepping out of China and into another world. The people here don't look "Chinese" in the tra ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
jayded
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Technical Difficulties
Jun 13, 2008
"Its 11:30 after a long day of travel (which seems like every day), so I am going to keep this brief. We have arrived safely in China after crossing the Torugart Pass from Krygyzsta ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
jksz
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Olympic paranoia
Aug 11, 2008
(16 photos)
"From Pakistan to paranoia. No other way to put it, really. The thing about having a travelling, having a good time, and keeping the Goodyears turning, is that one eventually leaves ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
the-rambler
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Kashgar, Xinjiang
Aug 11, 2006
(24 photos)
"I wasn't sure if I would cross the border to China when I was planning my trip. I made my decision a few days earlier to visit Kashgar. I'm glad that I already had the double entry ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
lok
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Kashgar - Silk Road metropolis
Jun 9, 2007
"After Yarkand last night - very very hot, dusty teeming town and grotty hotel, had lovely drive through yet more poplar glades, deserts and new (to south) mountain range - th ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
susienewton
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China at last
Jun 15, 2008
"Hi Folks. As the title may suggest I am in China at last. Though it doesn't feel like China as there appears to be very few Chinese people about. They are mainly Uyghur people, a o ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
queenietord
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Ni hao, xiexie
Aug 29, 2007
(32 photos)
"oder so aehnlich, bedeutet Guten Tag, dankeschoen und sind die zwei woerter die ich und simon bisher lernen konnten. Wir sind gerade den zweiten Tag in China und das kommt so: Am 2 ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
laurinaway
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The Best Market In Central Asia?
Jun 25, 2004
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"After another sleeper train we arrived. Kashgar, even the name sounds like some Ali Baba city and not somewhere in China. I think Kashgar is the western most city in China and it's ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
tomer
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Kashgar, carrefour de la soie et du thé
Jul 21, 2008
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" La ville de Kashgar est depuis toujours un carrefour commercial important. Située sur la route de la soie et la route du thé, elle est idéalement placé, mitoyenne du Kirghistan, ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
z00b
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The Silk Road
May 31, 2007
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"We had originally scheduled three days to ply the route from Ali to Kashgar but are all keen to reach our goal in two days so begin early, driving thr ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
jeznkez
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KASHGAR!!!!
Apr 28, 2008
(17 photos)
"J'aurai pas forcement grand chose a dire sur Kashgar qui ne differe reellement de ce que j'ai ecrit sur Hotan et Turfan. Ah non, j'ai rien ecrit sur Hotan... c'est vrai. Le marche ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
koaclarck
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Kasghar, China
Sep 20, 2008
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"DAY 103 "This is why I am on this trip" - Osh to Rivercamp (105km) The scenery was honestly amazing since we are going through parts of the Fergana Valley and as soon as we l ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
dutchiesdiary
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A Taste of the Silk Road
Jul 16, 2007
"We have arrived in Kashgar, the furthest west city in Xinjiang! After spending lastnight cramped on a sleeperbus from Hotan, we now find ourselves here in the middle of Kashg ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
gangof5
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Kashgar - a spot of retail therapy
Aug 7, 2006
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"At last after what seems like weeks of camping in Kyrgyzstan we've hit the shops - or the bazaars more to the point! We were always planning to spend two nights here, but due to th ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
sianandjim
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Autre ville sur la route de la soie
May 8, 2007
(38 photos)
"Kashgar est situee au point de rencontre des routes nord et sud de la soie autour du desert du Taklakaman. C est aujourd hui une ville chinoise autour du vieux centre quoi qu ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
nycos
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Rock the Kashgar
Aug 13, 2005
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"AUGUST 13. DAY 12. KASHGAR Rock the Kashgar Twenty-two hours later, when we finally got to Kashgar, I was less excited about trains. Actually I used most of the time to read the Lo ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
overseas_ash
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Kashgar
Jul 20, 2005
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"Kashgar is a real culture shock after the conservativeness of Pakistan. Suddenly we are able to wear shorts again (a real pleasure) and Jerry is constantly turning round to look at ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
dunnsage
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Kashgar Sunday Market
Jun 18, 2004
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"After a sad goodbye and another 10 hours on a hot and dusty bus I ended up in the ancient trading post town of Kashgar. What a relief; hot showers, french fries and hamburgers and ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
frankandamanda
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Kashgar
Jul 13, 2008
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"We have been enjoying Kashgar for the last 5 days. It has been a brief sojourn into the western edge of China, but a very interesting one. We were expecting a real wild west outpos ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
bird_dream
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Uyghurs on the Silk Road
May 31, 2007
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"Although at the end of a long and tiring day, the drive from Yecheng to Kashgar was a pleasure. For the first time in nearly 2 weeks there were green fields lined w ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
nickyates
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Kashgar
Jun 19, 2008
(10 photos)
"It was not without some relief that I sat in a 4x4 direction the Irkeshtam pass and western China. The constant struggle with visas and other ridiculous permits to go anywhere inte ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
jtroussier
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Back in China, but really not Chinese
Aug 24, 2007
(16 photos)
" Walking around Kashgar made feel as if I was staring at a painting of a forgotten Islamic land at the edge of a desert and the base of the world's tallest mountains. Then su ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
jkirby
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Last Stop in China
Jul 7, 2007
"Kashgar was one of our fave places in China, probably cos it didn't feel like the rest of China. Most of the local population are Ugyurs, a Muslim minority who are treated just as ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
squeak_1912
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muslim girls just dont put out
Aug 2, 2005
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"suffering terribly from a hangover..so this shouldnt prove to be the most exciting of entries. last night marked half way on my trip, 75 days to go and ill be home to bug the crap ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
james76
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Losing Poles
Jul 3, 2007
"Pretty much the only tourist attraction in Kashgar is the Sunday livestock market. This has been an institution of Kashgar for hundreds of years, emphasising the strategic importan ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
dynamo
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Voyage par dela les montagnes du Pamir
Aug 14, 2007
(8 photos)
"Damien au mike! Apres notre etape revigorante a Tashkent, nous avons pris un vol pour Fergana (250 km...) pour eviter a ma tendre et chere de souffrir trop dans les transports en c ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
asalvaire
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Da Big Smoke
Jul 4, 2007
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"After days of "roughing" it in the mountains of Pakistan, it was good to be in Kashgar for some creature comforts. It's a decent sized chinese city, with a number of buildings more ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
kafir_mel
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China's westernmost city
Oct 23, 2007
(5 photos)
"Now we cant get much further west in China (no worries, we will still go a little further in the next entry!). Exciting indeed! Like Hotan, Kashgar was a major hub along the silk r ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
linan
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Kashgar
Sep 19, 2005
"On a key point on the silk road, Kashgar still hosts amazing sunday markets ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
yftahp
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kashgar
Aug 28, 2003
"28.08.2003 Kashgar och menno, im moment schnurrt mein kopf...ich habe heute im bus ein angebot erhalten in china zu unterrichten...eigtl. wollte ich grade ein ticket nach urumuchi ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
asci
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06-17-06
Jun 4, 2006
(16 photos)
"AbHoja Tomb, Asantana Grave Site, Central Mosque ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
jstand
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Gloria, dolor i Xina
Oct 6, 2008
"A quarts de set del mati els paisatges se superen. Som a les planes terroses del Pamir, a l epoca de menys aigua; els rius serpentegen,exhibint, femenins, una lluissor de plata bla ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
leiks
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Kashgar
Jul 20, 2008
"Arrived in Kashgar after a 28 hour bus ride...the ride wasn't bad and the scenery in parts was really beautiful although I was on the wrong side of the buss to get good pictur ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
aronulus
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We're in China
May 12, 2007
"There was no Internet access in northern Pakistan, so you didn't' hear from us, but we were having a wonderful time and we made it to China after some long drives on near-impassabl ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
robot40
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Kashgar
Sep 29, 2007
(10 photos)
"Day 1: September 15, 2007 We arrived in Kashgar by plane at around 2 in the morning, so the 8 am wakeup call was pretty brutal. Despite the fact that China is about the size of the ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
corynnia
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Silk Road Last Stop - Kashgar
Jul 8, 2006
"Kashgar - a major trade hub on the Silk Road...a vibrant Islamic town...a centuries old trading post...a shish-kebab mecca...a desert oasis...our home for the next 4 days. We're he ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
jaredpop
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Bumping along the Karakoram Highway
Jul 27, 2002
"I think I left you all about to get on the train to kashgar... Which was largely uneventful except for me getting increasingly annoyed with the people sitting with me because they ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
gnomes
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Kashgar
Aug 13, 2008
"After arriving from Pakistan I had spent a few days in Kashgar taking in the sights and drinking alcohol freely again after the hardships of Pakistan. I had decided to take the Sou ..."
A travel blog entry from Kashgar by
simondav
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