A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-09 · Transport & Logistics duku-highway-curves-jpg I used to think the ‘real’ Xinjiang was off the highways, then…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-09 · Attractions nanshan-pasture-guide-urumqi-s-nearest-tianshan-grassland-2-jpg I have stood in a dozen Xinjiang meadows, but Jiangbulak is the only one…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-09 · City Guides nanshan-pasture-guide-urumqi-s-nearest-tianshan-grassland-1-jpg I almost skipped Qitai as ‘just another northern town’ on the map, then…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-09 · City Guides taklamakan-desert-highway-guide-driving-the-sea-of-death-3-jpg The first time I drove Urumqi to Turpan I stopped at Dabancheng just…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-08 · City Guides 418-norman-street-jpeg Awat calls itself China’s cotton capital, but what stopped me was the music…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-08 · Practical Tips nowruz-in-xinjiang-the-persian-new-year-spring-festival-1-jpg I once rolled into Ili in late March by accident and stumbled into…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-08 · City Guides tarim-poplar-forest-guide-xinjiang-s-golden-autumn-woodland-2-jpg I expected another dusty southern town and instead found a river running gold…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-08 · Itineraries taklamakan-desert-highway-guide-driving-the-sea-of-death-2-jpg Halfway across the Taklamakan I pulled into the lone service station at midnight, the…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-08 · Transport & Logistics taklamakan-desert-highway-guide-driving-the-sea-of-death-1-jpg I buried a rental SUV to the axle in the Kumtagh dunes…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-08 · Food & Dining nalati-grassland-xinjiang-jpg On a June night in a Narat yurt I was handed a…