A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-10 · Accommodation hausphotomedia-com-cvtmlmv5og4-unsplash After a 9-hour push from Urumqi to the north, my shoulders were locked solid…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-09 · Accommodation todd-kent-178j8tjrnlc-unsplash On my first big Xinjiang loop I tried to ‘just make it’ to the…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-08 · Accommodation kizil-caves-guide-the-oldest-buddhist-art-in-xinjiang-1-jpg The first time I rolled into Tuyuk village the lane was so narrow my…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation teymi-townsend-avlhh8qybai-unsplash A sandstorm caught me between Korla and Aksu with darkness falling, and the only…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation tarim-poplar-forest-guide-xinjiang-s-golden-autumn-woodland-1-jpg I once woke in a timber eco-lodge above Sayram Lake to frost on the…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation hemu-village-guide-1-jpeg On a vineyard outside Turpan a farmer’s wife handed me a bowl of just-picked…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation fly-or-train-to-xinjiang-starting-your-drive-2-jpg My first Z-class sleeper from Urumqi to Kashgar, I boarded braced for twenty-four grim…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation xinjiang-one-way-car-rental-avoiding-the-return-drive-2-jpg A motorhome turns the 1,200 km between Urumqi and Kashgar into a moving hotel…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation xinjiang-travel-insurance-guide-for-self-drivers-3-jpg The snow in Altay falls so light that local herders once lashed strips of…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation xinjiang-skiing-and-winter-sports-guide-2-jpg The clerk in a small county town turned my passport over twice, apologised, and…