Kashgar

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Kashgar is the first major city in China when you come from Pakistan. At first it looks very Chinese. Big modern buildings, broad streets. One very big east-west street and one very big north-south street. Transport system is well organized, Chinese Supermarkets everywhere. A huge statue of Mao Zedong at the main street.
But most of the people do not look Chinese at all. They look like people from central Asia. And when you take a second glance you can find signs of their culture everywhere. This becomes especially obvious at the markets. Kashgar is famous for its Sunday market. When I visited it I was a bit disapointed because it was not so special, not especially big (maybe due to the season) and mostly Chinese. Not the variety of things and goods I hoped to see. Much more interesting was the livestock market outside the city. Here the non-chinese locals trade there cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, horses and even some camels. Lots of old men with nice hats bargain and test and examine all these.

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Photos

Mao
I don't know if he tells me 'Hello' or 'Goodbye'.

Grim Face...
Maybe the price for cattle droped.

Sell a Horse...
...with harness and wagon is what he does.

Knives
Wether for tourists or for farmers, they need to be sharp.

Three Sisters
Once they lived on a nice and green meadow...