Seman Hotel Kashgar
No.337 Seman Rd. Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur, 844000, China
Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelSeman Hotel Kashgar
I'll have three donkeys and a camel, please
What must these people be thinking of me? I wondered, as I squatted in the dust of the Kashgar livestock market trying to get a portrait of a distraught camel calf. Uighur, Kazahk, Kyrgyz and Hui ethnicity ranchers (guessing by their hats) stood around Dan and I, watching bemused as we exclaimed over the animals. A few yards farther into the fray …
Losing Poles
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 importance of Kashgar as the hub of 5 or 6 asian caravan routes. It wasn't as manic or as varied as I'd expected, mainly consisting of goats, cows and donkeys. What emphasised …
Kashgar... say it again... Kashgar... oooh...
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 traditional sense. More Central Asian than East Asian, the peoples here have intermixed over the centuries with Persian traders and others of European descent to create the …
Gold Kiss and a night stroll through Kashgar
After three days without a shower and living in dorms and Kygryz homes, even the Seman's bathroom facilities seemed pretty damn luxurious. We all took turns showering and then caught up with the rest of the world on the internet in Abdul's office. I went to go track down my friend Eric who would be joining me through to Gansu after I left Charles …
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