Great Game heritage
On my second day in Kashgar I discover, to my surprise, that behind the brutal concrete hotel in which IContinue Reading
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Kashgar, Silk Road Oasis
We are at the end of the Karakoram Highway, on the rim of the Taklamakan desert and in the greatContinue Reading
Father of Ice Mountains
It’s a strange and rather spooky bus ride from Tashkurgan to Kashgar along the Karakoram Highway on the roof ofContinue Reading
The Stone Tower
Ancient sources about the Silk Road mention a mysterious place, “The Stone tower”, which was a midpoint between China andContinue Reading
Karakoram highway
The road onwards from Gilgit is narrow, boulder-strewn and treacherous. The bus got cancelled so I took off in aContinue Reading
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