Travel Blog Photos from Xinjiang (4,384)
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... at the far end of the hill complex, and public-service graffiti in Arabic writing was scratched into some of the walls. China as I've never seen it before. The main streets were wide enough to ride a three-wheeled cart thorough, though alleys only ...
Sun Wu Kong, the Monkey King of Chinese legend, was coming through XinJiang on his way to fetch back Buddhist sutras from India, when he and his master Xuan Zang were blocked by an impenetrable wall of flame rising from the desert. Not that an ...
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 ...
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Western China travel
Posted on May 20, 2008, 22:26:09
Hi Christine, I have been doing a lot of research on Xinjiang and Gansu province lately. l be there in July until mid-August. We are going the witness the solar eclipse on August 1st after spending a week in Dunhuang. I am one of a group of 4. How long do ...
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China: starter kit for China
Posted on Sep 3, 2008, 09:55:55
... warriors at Xian, and head to Guilin for the karst landscape. Feeling more adventurous? My recomendation is to head west - to Xinjiang - and south-west - to Yunnan, Sichuan and Guanxi. Why? The scenery and people are better. You've more chance of ...
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holiday in china
Posted on Oct 21, 2008, 23:42:17
... people advise for a family type holiday in china ? For the places, do not missing Beijing, Shanghai,Xi'an,Yunnan,Hangzhou,Xinjiang and Sanya. a lot of wonderful places in China. For flights, I felt can be consided on your family holiday in China.
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Tibet Permit Issues
Posted on Sep 3, 2007, 17:11:25
... as at the time it was the only way of getting in. If I went again I'd use the train and see some of Xinjiang province. Looking at the prices for flights now the cheapest is Air China @ £107 anyway without the permit. The permit we recieved was just a ...
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