Long, Straight Desert Road

Hetian and Yarkand

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August 17th 2010
The next day, we set off for Korla, not really knowing what it would be like! The drive was pretty cool - a classic, super flat, straight desert road for part of it and then a windy hairpin turn mountain road after. The bus was playing some movies I forget what they were. (The movies on the bus the day before were very memorable Jurassic Park-giant snake-military themed.) Our bus driver was a ... read more

Asia » China » Xinjiang

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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