Today we started by about 10 am after
breakfast. It is a long journey of 11 hours. We plan to travel about 700 kms.
Kashgar is in Xinjiang Uyghur
Autonomous region. Kashgar is officially known as Kashi. It is an Oasis city in
Xinjiang. It is one of the western most cities of China, near the border with
Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Tajikistan. As we proceed towards Kashgar
the police checking appears to become more frequent and that takes a longer
time because ours is a foreign registered car. Every checking involves parking
car on one side and then checking of passports of all occupants in the car.
Mr.
Tom, our guide in China was immense help as he could talk to them in local
language. Without his presence we would have found lots of difficulties, since
English is not known to people here.
The scenery was very, very good. There
were mountains which appear to be in two or three rows. These appear in
different colours making it a sight to admire. There were clouds most of the
time making it more beautiful. The mountains were stretching up to Kashgar.
Kashgar is a very old city, with
history stretching up to 2000 years. It was a major stop on the Silk Road.
Today it is known for the Kashgar Sunday Bazaar.
We reached kashgar at about 9 pm. We
have a rest day tomorrow in Kashgar. After that we start our journey to
Kyrgyzstan.
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