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Xin Rong Urumqi

No.20 Renmin Road Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, 830002, China

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A Tread of the Silk Road

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... We were told to jump on bus 1 for one stop. We obeyed. We got off and still couldn’t see our hotel but were approached by another young lady who spoke English. She didn’t know the hostel either but could read our map and said we needed to walk back the way the bus came and the hostel should be on the right. Carrying our backpacks, it was a long 1km walk. We got back to People’s Park and dropped the packs. Dave explored a ...

A world apart

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... than I imagined, but it is still a far cry from Shanghai. I believe there is about 2.5 million people living here. It is dubbed as the farthest city in the world from an ocean. This is quite apparent in the surrounding landscape which is the driest place I have ever seen in my life. The only green you will find in this area is along the few rivers that are located here, ...

Introduction to Xinjiang - Silk Road China

A travel blog entry by londone7

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... religious sites.

Then we travel to Kashgar on the western most tip of China. The tour offered a 23 hour train ride from Turpan to Kashgar thru the Taklamakan Desert, which I opted out. That is way too long for a train ride, to be sharing a sleeper cabin with six beds, and I wont get any sleep. I paid extra for a 2 hour flight so I save the 23 hours and have an extra day in Kashgar.

Kashgar is a frontier town on the ...

Tough Musical Luck

A travel blog entry by shoulin4

... on my behalf (with the money I'd given him a few days earlier). I was really hoping that, even though I hadn't experienced any music culture yet, I could experience what I needed in Kashgar. I was really hoping that my bad luck would soon turn around and produce a solution to my lack-of-Uyghur music problem.

That's all for now, check in later for more updates!
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Last stop in China

A travel blog entry by sheikha

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9/8/2010

The flight took an hour and a half, which was a nice change from the long hours on trains that i have grown accustomed to. we arrived in Urumqi, which is the capital of Xinjing province and not exactly what i had expected.......well nothing is. Its quite a modern city and nothing as special as the ancient Kashgar. We had lunch at an Uyger restaurant and my order took a whole hour.....i order the 'special' dish which is marinated (yogurt, turmeric, pepper and ...

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