Kashgar Hotel
No.7 Tawuguzi Road Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur, 844000, China
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Now i can feel the silk road
8/8/2010
hopping and skipping to avoid cow dung, wasn't exactly my ideal way of spending my morning! although it was quite an experience to see the livestock market. Auctioning off animals was almost the same as Christies, although without the stench and animals...oh you're usually seated in an airconditioned room hehehe. You see every …
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Where are the Women?
... seems a bit shoddy but they are putting rebar and new sewers in the new buildings. One news article touted the program and included quotes from happy new home owners. The article stated the government was responsible for the exterior shell of the new building while the home owners would be responsible for the doors and windows. It did not talk about the areas that are not deemed historic and are being replaced by Chinese high-rises. We ...
What a Bunch of Animals!
... of us jumped in the back (we had lost the rest of the group long ago). We were surprised he took off right away with just the three of us. We often see this kind of taxi fully loaded.
This time we drove along more interesting little roads through farming settlements. We asked the driver to stop as we neared a Uyghur cemetery with the unique conical graves. The driver explained that this is where ‘Uyghur people come when they ...
Uyghurs do it in the Oven
... hot towel and massage treatment and shave he remembers getting in India (years ago).
It was obvious that this was a place for men to socialize and today we supplied the entertainment. They were very interested to find out where we were from. One customer spoke a little English and we were able to communicate a little. He had just gotten a haircut and wasn’t scalped! So I relayed to the barber that we wanted Dave's hair cut ‘the ...
Kashgar TV and Uyghar Music
... cd and dvd pack but at wildly fluctuating prices.
My favourites you might want to check on youtube :
yorigulla, almihan, qizul qul, leylim ley, darya taxin
just type 'shahrizoda'
I was quite pleased that my hotels had local Uyghar channels with music and cultural shows, not just CCTV China State TV. I noticed a difference in the style of music and dance ...


