Bogda Hotel Urumqi
10 Guangming Road Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, 830002, China
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A Tread of the Silk Road
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Being this far west in China, we considered popping over the border to nearby countries. After being intrigued about brief visit to Pakistan, we learned that American’s are not one of the nationalities that can get a visa at the border. While we learned of our limitation before we got here, many travelers arrived only to find they couldn’t go onward to Pakistan. Pakistan changed the rules in September and the list of ...
Etiquette
... Smoke in all place like bus, train and shop.
When personals ate soup noodle, no silent slurp when ateing.
Look, look at foreigners all times.
Allow personals off train first rude, always shove on train or bus for cultivation of civilisation.
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Introduction to Xinjiang - Silk Road China
... excited, and after months of planning, waiting, and organizing, I am about to embark on one of the most exciting trips I've ever been on. Whatever your image of china, either chinatown back home, The Great Wall or the forbidden city, Xinjiang will certainly change all those perceptions.
This is a very good youtube channel dedicated to uyghar culture and history
http://www.youtube.com/user/Duldul601?f eature=watch#g/u
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Exploring Urumqi
... br> Here, I had a country fried steak with potatoes and vegetables. I also had half of a strawberry smoothie. The food was excellent! We all took our time eating, relaxing, and commenting on various subjects. When we had finished eating, we walked into town to explore and do some shopping. On the way, we passed through a traditional Uyghur area of the city. Here, I saw a elderly blind Uyghur man who was playing a traditional ...
Traveling to Beijing.....final destination
... list was a pharmacy downstairs with stupid amount of stock. Every type if drug conceivable was available I think including my anti biotics I needed for my dodgy stomach and a steal at only 35p for 30 capsules. Anyone need any, I'll bring some back!
The last thing I wanted is to be caught out on this 2 day train ride. I caught the bus to the station and was fearing the worst about this ticket being fake or something but I was let in with the pushing masses ...


