This post is part of a series called Silk Road China May 2016 We left early the next morning (7:30AM) from Kashgar, to drive to Tashkurgan. Both cities are in Xinjiang province, China. The road from Kashgar to Tashkurgan and onwards to Islamabad, Pakistan is called the Karakorum Highway (KKH). The KKH is supposed to…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road China May 2016 The Id Kha mosque was built in 1442 and has been repaired/renovated and fixed up many times over the years (see plaque). The mosque can hold 10,000 worshippers at a time. The mosque building itself is small (several hundred worshippers); but the…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road China May 2016 Like Turpan, Kashgar is one of the few oases in this part of China where the Silk Road Caravans stopped along their journeys. Kashgar especially, became a big trading center where Tajiks, Khirgiz, Khazaks, Uzbecs and other Europeans and Persians traded in…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road China May 2016 Next day, woke up, had breakfast at the hotel, and Tariq, our Uyghur guide showed up in time. Tariq spoke good English, so we agreed on the itinerary and drove off in his car. We went to see the multiple sites around…
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This post is part of a series called Silk Road China May 2016 Train station in Urumqi was very busy with hundreds of travelers using trains. The train to Turpan was a high speed train, and was punctual. Very comfortable seating and very smooth ride at over 200kph. The landscape from Urumqi to Turpan was…
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