A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-for-first-timers-guide-2-jpg A vendor in Yining handed me a cold plastic cup of something…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining pamir-plateau-guide-3-jpg Every Urumqi taxi seems to have a glass of amber tea on…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-skiing-and-winter-sports-guide-1-jpg The baker pulled the iron lid off the clay pit and a…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining turpan-grape-valley-guide-3-jpg Turpan‘s grape trellises throw more shade than any building in town, and…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-autumn-2026-guide-2-jpg In the oasis towns south of Kashgar, autumn turns the trees red…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-autumn-2026-guide-3-jpg If you can smell a street in Xinjiang from two blocks away,…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-burqin-town-guide-2-jpg Xinjiang’s sweets are not an afterthought — they are how a host…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-burqin-town-guide-3-jpg Pull off at a Kazak yurt in the Ili Valley in July…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining nowruz-in-xinjiang-the-persian-new-year-spring-festival-3-jpg In a Zhaosu village on 21 March I was handed a bowl…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Food & Dining xinjiang-border-permit-complete-guide-2-jpg In a 40°C car park outside Turpan I watched a vendor fold…