A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-23 · Itineraries hami-eastern-gateway-guide-2-jpg Six days is the sweet spot where the north stops being a list of…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-23 · Transport & Logistics hami-eastern-gateway-guide-3-jpg After a truck kicked a stone into my windshield on the G3012,…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-23 · Food & Dining hami-gateway-guide-1-jpg I did not expect to find a flat white in a Silk…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-23 · Accommodation hami-gateway-guide-2-jpg The first time I misjudged a driving day, I rolled into a county town…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-22 · Attractions hemu-morning-mist-guide-1-jpg Jiangta is the grassland nobody queues for — a quiet meadow in Tacheng where…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-22 · Attractions hemu-morning-mist-guide-2-jpg Id Kah is not just the biggest mosque in Xinjiang — it is the…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-22 · Practical Tips hemu-morning-mist-guide-3-jpg Nobody plans a road trip around toilets, and then the first 300 km…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-22 · City Guides ili-lavender-guide-1-jpg Pishan is the kind of county you blow through on the Kashgar-Hotan road…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-22 · Itineraries ili-lavender-guide-2-jpg Four days is tight for the north, but if Kanas is the one place…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-22 · Transport & Logistics ili-lavender-guide-3-jpg The first time I crossed the Taklamakan edge with two weeks of…