A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-melons-and-fruits-the-sweetest-road-snack-3.jpg Turpan grapes were so sweet they stuck to my fingers — that’s…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-naan-the-bread-that-fuels-the-drive-3.jpg A Xinjiang day starts by breaking nang — I learned to crumble…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-halal-food-culture-eating-well-on-the-road-1.jpg On a self-drive the two worries are the car and the food….
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining 3-day-urumqi-food-and-culture-loop-3.jpg Five years in Urumqi trained my stomach on Erdaoqiao kebab and the…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-halal-food-culture-eating-well-on-the-road-2.jpg Kashgar’s night only starts around 10 pm; the kebab smoke rises by…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-uyghur-food-guide-self-drive-3.jpg Eating at a Uyghur uncle’s house for the first time, I learned…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-halal-food-culture-eating-well-on-the-road-3.jpg I gained four kilos in Xinjiang, and the belt-pulling culprit was a…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation winter-xinjiang-self-drive-3.jpg Winter Xinjiang is empty, but a well-heated hotel is half price with snow scenes…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation duku-highway-2026-opening-date-3.jpg The Duku Highway opens only about four months a year, and the good stops…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation tashkurgan-town-guide-3.jpg Tashkurgan (Taxkorgan) is the highest county town I’ve slept in — 3,100 m. First…