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Bosnia and Hercegovina, China, Dali, England, Kashgar, London, Photography, Sarajevo, United Kingdom, Urumqi, Xinjiang, Yunnan, blogsherpa, southern-silk-road, southwest xinjiang kashgaria, taklamakan, the-road-to-kashgar, travel »
2009 has gone and with it goes my greatest year of travel; so many people have asked for highlights, so here is my top 5 in no particular order!
I had the enviable task of spending six months of 2009 on the road – taking in 14 countries – and I’m going to try and narrow it down to the top five spots that I visited. Plenty of people that I’ve spoken with think that such lists are daft, that there is little point in designating an obscure spot that is …
China, Kashgar, Xinjiang, blogsherpa, southern-silk-road, taklamakan »
Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang, China – Images by Jamie McDonald
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Well, we were on the road to Rome, in Kashgar, a crucial silk road stop after and before the Taklamakan Desert.
The name of the desert in local folklore means Go in and you won’t come out, and the fierce heat and sandstorms could easily allow one to dissapear very quickly. We wanted to go for a ride into the desert by camel, so we contacted Ali at Uighur Tour and Travel Centre (mailto: silkroadguide@hotmail.com) …
