arrival into china

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Hellooooooo from country number 4!!!!
we're now in china and the journey to get here was unforgettable,we set off from sost on the pakistan border at about 1oam after sum dubious customs procedures. customs was a 3 sided concrete block with no ceiling 2 tables and one chair.they took about 3 things out our bags,got bored then waved us on our way.then we took a toyota landcruiser through the kunjerab pass wich was at first narrow canyons with ice falls, turning into snowy mountains and rolling hillsides. we saw marco polo sheep and ibex, and eventually arrived at chinese customs where helly just smiled and got passed through,where as i had to again make them get bored!!
we had a chinese escort upto the first chinese town of tashkurgan, and he even had to wake up when our landcruiser decided to throw a tantrum at 3000m and spit its radiators contents onto the windscreen, which was entertaining but meant we had to limp the rest of the way to tashkurgan, which took ages. When we got there the guys we were with organised a mitsubishi to kashgar and payed for our meal, which is just the kind of kindness we've come to expect from the pakistanis.
the drive to kashgar took hours and we didnt arrive there till 9pm pakistani time 10pm local time and 12am beijing time (confusing or what).
it really is a different world here compared to the hunza valley, the roads are about 6 lanes wide , theres tall buildings, construction everywhere and the language barrier is vast. however we're coping with sign language so far although my cutting action which was meant to indicate half a chicken was interpreted as a whole chicken hacked into lots of little bits LOL.
we plan to head into the desert tomorrow where the travel could get a bit hardier so we may not be in contact for a few days. but for now hope you all had a happy holloween and enjoy bonfire night!
light a firework for us!!
farewell for now love lots
Paul n Helly

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Comments

[dave]

enjoy china?
the transition between south and north himalayas seem profound temperature wise. Any comments?