Lantau

Little Jobel Bear?

Hong Kong City

Melbourne & End

From Syd to Mel

Bathurst Abercrombie House

Sydney

Tashkurgan تاشقورغان بازىرى / Sarikol تاشقۈرغان بۇزۇر / Shitoucheng 石頭城

As a conclusion in Xinjiang, we wanted to go to the mountains once more, specifically to the Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County on the Pamir Plateau, a remote area near the...

Hotan City / Hetian

Initially, we intended to travel across the Taklamakan to Hotan, allegedly there was supposed to be a bus from Kuqa, but according to information at the bus station, such a...

Kuqa كۇچار/Kuche 库车

Next, we continued to Kuqa, located 650 km away - once the center of the Buddhist kingdom of Qiuci, today a relatively small Uyghur city. A good 10 hours overnight by train, and...

Turpan/Turfan تۇرپان شەھىرى/ Tulufan 吐鲁番

We have finally made it to Xinjiang! A region that has primarily been in the headlines due to conflicts between the Chinese government and the Muslim Uyghur minority. To summarize...