Category: Xinjiang
Travel Bloggers Who Make a Difference
We have been extremely fortunate in who we have come in contact with through Abandon the Cube. We’ve met so many amazing travelers,...
Statistics from Shanghai to Ashgabat
Originally, the trip was planned as a Shanghai to Ashgabat adventure. Well, we have an announcement to make—we have decided to keep on...
Shanghai to Samarkand and The People We’ve Met
When traveling you get to met people from every walk of life with all kinds of beliefs ranging from the mundane to the insane. In...
Yarkand and the Southern Silk Road
Although our time was limited, I did not want to leave out our day trip from Kashgar to Yarkand. Albeit a late entry, Yarkand was a...
Best Foods of the Silk Route
Lamb kebabs – Urumqi, Xinjiang. Urumqi has an amazing night market near the park with beer, kebabs, nan, plov and other Central Asian...
Doing the Math
The Statistics Are In 7 Cities 4 Trains 3 Countries 2 Buses 2 broken backpacks 1 Car $ 464 USD Per person (3,175 RMB)* 11,896 miles...
“Excuse me, do you have the swine flu?”
We took the 11:58pm train from Urumqi to Almaty, a 36 hour adventure across the Chinese border to Kazakhstan. Arriving early (as is my...
Kashgar to Urumqi: The World’s Longest Backtrack
Having decided months ago to avoid going through Kyrgyzstan because of reported troubles foreigners were having at the Chinese-Kyrgyz...
The Hostel Reviews
The Best and the Worst – so far. Here are a list of the best places along the route and their contact information, we highly recommend...
Tashkurgan’s Stone Village and the Epic Glacier Adventure
At the end of a tree-lined street, we stopped at an old clay fortress. We discovered that it was over 1300 years old. Middle Eastern /...
Kashgar’s Sunday Market and Bazaars
This morning, after a bout of food poisoning which rendered us useless and hostel-bound yesterday, we decided to check out the famous...
Into the Mosque
In central Old Town there rests an ancient mosque (build in 1442) that has been repaired countless times and currently remains one of the...
Kashgar to Lake Karakul
Lake Karakul, situated along the breathtaking Tian Shan Tajik-China border, is one of the most stunning and awe-inspiring spots on the...
Kashgar Old Town
We spent the day today walking around the Old Town districts of Kashgar. Around the mosque, one of the largest in China, were rows of...
Kashgar and the Silk Road
As our night train rolled in from Urumqi today (24 hour sleeper train), we came upon a very Chinese station platform. Although I had not...
Arrived Safely In Urumqi
We arrived in Urumqi, Xinjiang,at exactly 4:10pm today (right on time) after a 48 hour train ride across China. From here we have purchased...
