Our Travels to the Far West (of China) Ariel Grostern Aug 24, 2008 (with Editing by Karen Stanger) hello everyone, Happy group email, from Kashgar, Xinjiang province, China. Technically, we are still in CHina, but other than the chinese writing accompanying the arabic script, and the occasional Han Chinese face, you wouldn't be able to tell. Our first impressions upon arriving here were arabic script, non-Chinese looking people (middle-eastern looking, afghan/Pakistani looking, Caucasian looking!), the use of donkeys and Vespa-type scooters (vs. electric bikes), and the sale of bagels and nan bread. yum to the last two! It is crazy that there are still parts of the world where the ratio of donkeys to cars on the road is close to 1:1. The land is very dry, although this is apparently an oasis. Also very strange
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