Half-Crumbled Road

Karakul Lake

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August 20th 2010
It turned out that the abandoned parking lot WAS the correct place to go! They had recently changed it so that all buses to Tashkurgan (border town near Pakistan) left from that new place. The lake is about halfway between Kashgar and Tashkurgan. Bus tickets were around 50 RMB, much better than going with a tour guide who would not let you do your own thing. Also on the bus were some of the ho ... 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