The silk road - Blogabond

Kashi is the Chinese name for Kashgar the hub of the legendary silk road. Its the original multicultural city situated near the boarder and mountain passes to 4 other countries.
I arrived here on the train after a few more days in Urumqi helping Nick through a few money problems. I left him there getting ready to head into Kazakhstan so I boarded the train travelling alone for the first time in ages. Its quite exciting relying entirely on yourself again.
After arriving and sharing a taxi with an enormous old Uigher chap I dropped off my bags and had a stroll around the town.

Bakery

The weather is really warm today so most locals are lounging on beds or anywhere they can get shade. There's a small area of adobe style old town still standing though most of Kashgar has been modernised, these streets are lovely with fresh nan being baked on every corner and chaps working lathes, there's even the central asian staple of carpet shops.

No chinese faces here just Uighers and Kyrgyz, its important you use the Uigher greetings too, an idle Nihao gets a bit of a frown from the locals. its hard to believe that I'm in China at all.

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Dan on May 20, 2008 from Kashi, China

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

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