A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Itineraries 7-day-xinjiang-autumn-colour-loop-3-jpg If I had one week and one car in Xinjiang, I would not chase…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics fly-or-train-to-xinjiang-starting-your-drive-3-jpg I once flew the car ahead on a train and met it…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics xinjiang-winter-driving-guide-3-jpg The first time I drove a Xinjiang pass in deep cold, the…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics xinjiang-border-crossing-policy-2026-3-jpg I have stood at the Khorgas gate at first light watching a…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining kashgar-sunday-bazaar-guide-the-liveliest-market-in-xinjiang-3-jpg The first bazaar I wandered into ate three hours of my route…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-road-trip-food-guide-3-jpg I expected to starve on a lamb-and-noodle plateau, then spent a week…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-toll-road-guide-2-jpg The first time a grandmother in a Kashgar side street slid a…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation taklamakan-desert-highway-guide-2-jpg I have watched the temperature drop thirty degrees between a Turpan afternoon and a…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation tianshan-mysterious-canyon-guide-3-jpg The best night I spent in the Tianshan was not in a hotel but…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation wucaiche-five-colored-bay-guide-3-jpg I once rolled into Khorgas at midnight with a dead phone and a full…