A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-20 · Attractions karakul-lake-pamir-guide-1-jpg I walked through the blue tiled gate of the Aparatokhoja Tomb and the quiet…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-19 · Attractions koktokay-geopark-guide-1-jpg I reached Ebinur Lake on a day the wind never stopped, and I watched…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-18 · Attractions muztagh-ata-guide-1-jpg I camped at the foot of Muztagh Ata and watched the first light turn…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-18 · Attractions muztagh-ata-guide-2-jpg I rounded a bend on the Pamir Highway and saw a lake the color…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-17 · Attractions sayram-lake-cycling-guide-3-jpg I pulled off the highway south of Urumqi and saw a white shore stretch…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-17 · Attractions sayram-lake-guide-1-jpg I have stood on dunes where I could see a town clock tower through…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-16 · Attractions tianchi-lake-guide-3-jpg The Xiata trail starts where the orchard villages end and the glacier wall begins,…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-16 · Attractions tianshan-mysterious-canyon-guide-1-jpg Kalajun was the first Xinjiang meadow that made me understand why travellers call the…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-15 · Attractions tarim-poplar-forest-guide-xinjiang-s-golden-autumn-woodland-3-jpg For a few weeks each late autumn the desert turns gold as the poplars…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-15 · Attractions sayram-lake-xinjiang-jpg-2 Most drivers blow past Korla chasing Kashgar, and miss the largest inland freshwater lake…