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Dan White »
Osh and Arslanbob
Posted on 5:00pm Monday 4th August 2008
We checked into Osh Guesthouse at 7am. After some much-needed fodder at a nearby Chaykhana (tea-house), including Shaslyk, the name for the ever-present meat skewers here, and the first on-tap pint of lager I'd seen since departing blighty, we took in the sights.
Dan White »
The Irkeshtam Pass
Posted on 4:56pm Monday 4th August 2008
Firstly, our driver informed us that it would take 25 hours from the border for him to get to Osh, due to the terrain and slowness of his vehicle.
Dan White »
Kashgar
Posted on 4:46pm Monday 4th August 2008
We had six days to relax and regroup in Kashgar. Site-wise we saw the Id Kah Mosque, haggled at the Sunday Bazaar and marvelled at the animal market.
Dan White »
Khotan and Yarkand
Posted on 4:41pm Monday 4th August 2008
Having switched at Aksu our sleeper bus bridged the gap between the Northern and Southern Silk Roads by crossing the Taklamakan desert bypassing the Lop Nur salt marshes.
Dan White »
Urumqi, Korla and Kuche
Posted on 3:23pm Monday 14th July 2008
We returned to Urumqi and immersed ourselves into Uyghur culture.
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