A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation rv-road-trip-xinjiang-guide-2-jpg Sleeping in your own vehicle beside a desert lake is the freest way to…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · City Guides xinjiang-driving-licence-guide-1-jpg Everyone races through Kashgar and misses Shache (Shache), the old Yarkand kingdom an…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation xinjiang-offline-maps-guide-2-jpg The best mornings on a Xinjiang drive start with mist on the water and…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · City Guides tashkurgan-stone-city-guide-3-jpg I only meant to fuel in Korla and ended up staying a night…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Itineraries xinjiang-ili-apricot-blossom-3-jpg I chased the Zhaosu apricot blossom on a tip from a Yining B&B owner…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Itineraries 10-day-xinjiang-self-drive-epic-3-jpg Three weeks let me do the impossible-on-two-weeks: the north lakes AND the south oases,…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics xinjiang-driving-licence-guide-2-jpg A wall of dust came off the Taklamakan so fast I could…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics xinjiang-food-guide-for-drivers-1-jpg I once drove Urumqi to Kashgar in two gruelling days, then on…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-food-guide-for-drivers-2-jpg A Uyghur auntie at a Gobi rest stop pressed a twist of…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining ulungur-lake-guide-northern-xinjiang-s-big-fishing-lake-3-jpg I assumed ‘lake fish’ in a landlocked region would be farmed mush,…