The Markets
Thanks to Lydie's insistence (find me a plane, we can't miss it!), we got to see the biggest bazaar in Asia, which is the main attraction; in fact, all the fuss to find transport and our bearings -once inside the market(donkey carts and sheep parade add to the major traffic jams)- were well worth it. The Livestock market is very colourful indeed: traditional Uighur costumes, horses, cows, sheep, trucks, music, motorcycles, everything and everybody ready to buy and sell at the market; we saw some of the horse transactions and both the trade and testing are very formal.
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 
