Very nice Chinese restaurant, Qiemo

Day 13: Exploring Qiemo (Cherchen)

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March 8th 2018
We are at Qiemo, about to move on tomorrow (by bus?) to Ruoqiang. An excellent breakfast, after which we decided to explore. Oddly enough we noticed that the reception staff, so helpful last night, were the opposite today – very nearly rude, and unwilling to divulge such information as the way to the bus station (1000 metres straight along the road!). Anyway, we set off and I may say that we re ... read more

Asia » China » Xinjiang » Minfing

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