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12/13 31 Dec 2012 | 05:44 pm
Hey guys, nothing new from me here for a while. Sorry about that! I’ll try to make up with a lot of bragging in this. … Well, there was the walk this summer. I started in Usu (乌苏) in the early morning...
parting (for now) 19 Sep 2012 | 03:29 pm
Day 427: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0km Today was our last day in this beautiful part of the world. We got on a plane: And flew over the desert and the mountains. Parts of the land looked like the ones I had w...
I was going to do the same thing in the air! 18 Sep 2012 | 07:51 pm
Day 426: [和田 (Hotan)] = 0km The city wall of 和田 (Hotan) wasn’t very old: Only some parts of it were: It was weird to think that maybe this statue was older than the main gate of the city wall: (Note h...
dessert in the desert 17 Sep 2012 | 01:52 pm
Day 425: [和田 (Hotan)] = 0km Yes, I know it’s a tacky title. Anyway… We took a train ride along the Southern rim of the Taklamakan desert today. From 喀什 (Kashgar) to 和田 (Hotan) in a bit more than 9 hou...
handprints 16 Sep 2012 | 04:16 pm
Day 424: [喀什 (Kashgar)] = 0km There’s a livestock market here every sunday. Ok, some cows, some sheep, maybe a camel. No big deal, you would think. But certain travel guides have it listed as one of t...
nine inch lakes 15 Sep 2012 | 07:27 pm
Day 423: [喀什 (Kashgar)] = 0km Ever heard of Karakul – the “black lake” in the Pamir Mountains? We figured we were pretty close to it, so we hopped into a cab, stopped to buy some food and got on our w...
Kashgaria 14 Sep 2012 | 08:11 pm
Day 422: [喀什 (Kashgar)] = 0km Today we left 乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi) and hopped on an airplane: It was going to take us here: View Kashgar in a larger map 喀什，喀什噶尔，Kashgar, Kashgaria, Kasia, Kaxgar, 疏勒, Shule. On...
last interview in the ü 13 Sep 2012 | 07:07 pm
Day 422: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0km I finally got my visa extension today. Yay! :) And these guys made an interview with me for a paper from 乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi): They were utterly charming, and I found it very i...
Germans looking at dancers 12 Sep 2012 | 02:51 pm
Day 421: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0km My visa wasn’t ready yet. No big deal, just one more day of waiting. We walked around in 南湖公园 (South Lake Park) for a while: The municipal administration was there: Some...
where did my hair dresser go? 11 Sep 2012 | 04:51 pm
Day 420: [乌鲁木齐 (Ürümqi)] = 0km The visa application had been accepted. All we could do was wait. So we wandered around town, much like these guys: Went to 二道桥 (Erdaoqiao), the Grand Bazaar that I had ...
