Local Guide Razeil

Urumqi

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August 31st 2007
It seems like we have attracted nothing but bad Karma with Air China because as soon as we arrived in Urumqi, we were not able to get our luggage for almost an hour because the baggage door was stuck. Our local guide, Razeil, is so beautiful. She looked chinese/middle eastern mix. She is Uigher, one of the 56 minority chinese in China. Uigher makes up 48% of the population in this providence. T ... read more

Asia » China » Xinjiang » Urumqi

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more