A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation xinjiang-food-guide-self-drive-2-jpg On my second Xinjiang trip I arrived in Urumqi on a July evening and…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation xinjiang-offline-maps-guide-1-jpg A courtyard inn run by a local family often teaches you more about Xinjiang…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation rv-road-trip-xinjiang-guide-2-jpg Sleeping in your own vehicle beside a desert lake is the freest way to…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation xinjiang-offline-maps-guide-2-jpg The best mornings on a Xinjiang drive start with mist on the water and…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation xinjiang-fuel-and-supply-guide-1-jpg On my second long trip I burned through a hotel budget in two weeks,…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation xinjiang-hot-springs-soaking-after-the-drive-3-jpg After the long descent off the Duku Highway my legs were cramped solid, and…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation xinjiang-winter-driving-guide-2-jpg On a February drive the heating in my first ‘winter-ready’ room conked out at…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation hemu-village-guide-3-jpg In a Tujia-framed courtyard outside Taxkorgan the grandmother pressed a bowl of yak-bone soup…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation xinjiang-toll-road-guide-1-jpg I once missed a 7 a.m. train from Urumqi because my ‘airport hotel’ was…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Accommodation xinjiang-toll-road-guide-3-jpg My first night in a Kazakh yurt near Sayram Lake started with a tin…