Buying Chinese Train Tickets Online in Kashgar
Buying train tickets always had been headache for people because there is only few train ticket selling outlets in the city. If there is none in the city, one has to go to train station to buy the ticket. Most of the train stations are situated outside of city, and requires one to particularly travel there to buy their ticket. In those ticket selling places, people have to wait in long queues for hours...
January 12th, 2012 by kashgar
Direct flights from Urumqi to Istanbul of Turkey
In recent years, central governments carrying out various development projects in Xinjiang to develop the region and increase peoples living standard. Developed cities from mainland China assigned to various cities in Xinjiang by central government. Today, various projects are going on every city by developed cities government and successful business man from those cities. It is still too early to...
December 23rd, 2011 by kashgar
More Advice about Tashkorgan
Far from the city : no hustle no bustle! Welcome to Tashkorgan… peaceful, calm, green, fresh, clean, and relaxing small town. These are some of the words that come first to your mind when you get to this really nice scenery. (more…)
December 22nd, 2011 by kashgar
The oasis at the heart of the Silk Road
Note: We published this article here after the author of the article agreed us to publish it in our blog. This article published in Globaltimes.com website on 24th of Oct this year after the author Vera Penêda traveled in Kashgar and surrounding area with us. You can access to original article click here! There’s lots to see in Xinjiang. Photos: Vera Penêda/GT I have only two regrets about...
December 20th, 2011 by kashgar
Winter in Kashgar
Two days ago the weather in Kashgar dropped dramatically. Now, there are fewer electric bikes cruising the roads, which means more people fighting for taxis. The city has slowed down a little, but is still alive. Though the streets are still busy with activity, the roads are deserted much earlier in the evening. The sun sets around 8:30pm Beijing time, 6:30pm local time. The nights are very cold, hovering...
December 17th, 2011 by kashgar
The second five star hotel project in Kashgar
The second five star hotel project in Kashgar started 19th March this year and scheduled to complete the construction work by Dec this year. The name of the hotel is Kashgar Yin Rui Lin International Hotel which is located at the northeast side of Kashgar city Jianshe Road and Xincheng Nan Road intersection. It will 36 floors in total, 2 floors will be underground and rest will be on surface. The hotels...
December 17th, 2011 by kashgar
Qinibagh is the first hotel to built five star hotel in Kashgar
Kashgar developed faster than ever last few years, this can be seen clearly from hospitality sector. Half a decade ago, three start hotels considered best in town. But today, even four star hotels can’t satisfy the need of both business and leisure travelers. Number of business traveler who visits Kashgar increased significantly recent years, especially after Kashgar became the Special Economic Zone....
December 14th, 2011 by kashgar
Amber Jewelry in Kashgar
Note: This article contributed to our blog from Gallery Cafe in Kashgar when they left from Kashgar middle of last summer. The original article was published in 18th Nov 2010. We posted here because we thought it might be helpful for fellow travelers to make future Xinjiang travel plan. We missed Gallery Cafe! The first time a man we’ll call Abdul walked in off the streets of Kashgar,...
December 10th, 2011 by kashgar
Winter in Kashgar
Two days ago the weather in Kashgar dropped dramatically. Now, there are fewer electric bikes cruising the roads, which means more people fighting for taxis. The city has slowed down a little, but is still alive. Though the streets are still busy with activity, the roads are deserted much earlier in the evening. The sun sets around 8:30pm Beijing time, 6:30pm local time. The nights are very cold, hovering...
December 10th, 2011 by kashgar
First snow in Kashgar for the winter of 2011
First snow for the year of 2011 started yesterday evening and it thickened to around 15 cm this evening. It is hard to see this much snow in Kashgar, because kashgar belongs to dry climate and it is hard to see rain in summer and snow in winter since we are so close to Second Largest Shifting desert in the world. Kashgar Id Kah Mosque Temperature is dropped between 0℃ to – 2℃ for today...
December 6th, 2011 by kashgar