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Kashgar

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August 19th 2010
We got to Kashgar at around midnight, ate some la mian (had tomato sauce and tasted a lot like spaghetti! yum!!!) and chuanr (kebabs) on the street, and attempted to find a hotel. Except all the hotels we found where either really expensive, all booked, or didn't take foreigners. There's some rule that foreigners can't stay in less than three star hotels. We had some exchanges that went like t ... 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