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Xinjiang

Serenity

December 11, 2009

in Photo Friday, Travel, Xinjiang

Photo Friday #25

Uygur man in night market area, Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, October 2009
The streets of Kashgar are chaos – motorbikes and taxis swerve among the pedestrians, kicking up dust. Food vendors call out to potential patrons. Kids run down the streets shouting with each other. Buses barrel down the wider avenues, honking at nearly everything. [...]

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Into the Pamirs

December 3, 2009

in China, Travel, Xinjiang

Day Trip to Lake Kalakuli
Our fourth and final destination within Xinjiang Province was the Pamir Mountains. The Pamirs are a group of mountains at the crossroads of Asia’s great ranges – the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush, the Kunluns and Tian Shan. Pamir means “roof of the world,” a phrase used liberally to describe the astounding [...]

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Boys Will Be Boys

November 27, 2009

in China, Photo Friday, Travel, Xinjiang

Photo Friday #23

Uygur boys in Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China – October 2009
Playing cards, snacking on popcorn, generally owning the streets… boys are boys the world over!

The Next Bruce Lee? Kashgar, Xinjiang Province, China – October 2009
This boy stopped us on the street and pleaded, “Take my picture!” He then performed various kung fu poses and, [...]

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Kashgar

November 26, 2009

in China, Travel, Xinjiang

AKA Kashi

This is China?
Visiting Kashgar was a bit like meeting up with a childhood friend’s little sister. You remember her, and you’re comfortable with her as part of a family you loved, but you didn’t really know her all that well. I lived previously in the Middle East, (my childhood friend) and I remember well [...]

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Turpan

October 19, 2009

in China, Travel, Xinjiang

AKA Tulufan
I’ve been staring at this blank blog post for the last 5 days trying to write something, anything, about Turpan. This should not be difficult. I have tons of photos and tons of thoughts. Everything just comes out so… itinerish. Yes, I did just make up that word. It’s as though the only thing [...]

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Urumqi

October 14, 2009

in China, Travel, Xinjiang

AKA Wulumuqi
Urumqi… ooroomchee… I like saying that. In Mandarin it is even more fun: Wulumuqi… wooloomoochee… The capital of Xinjiang Province, there really isn’t anything spectacular about Urumqi. (Other than that name!) It is a big Chinese city, not unlike a thousand other cities in China. There are about 2 million people living there, with [...]

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Xinjiang – the Overview

October 12, 2009

in China, Travel, Xinjiang

The PLA Couldn’t Keep Us Away
When the DH and I travel we rarely make elaborate itineraries, preferring to meander around with a few set destinations in mind. I prepare for these trips by reading travel blogs, forums and guidebooks. I get a reasonable idea of what is out there and then we just go and [...]

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Go West

September 28, 2009

in China, Travel, Xinjiang

A Surprise Holiday to Xinjiang Province
China’s National Day is coming up, which means another Golden Week. Although our school was initially set to work during the nation-wide week-long holiday, it looks like we’ve got a surprise! holiday. We’re thinking about going to the far west province of Xinjiang. Yes, the one that had all those [...]

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