A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-20 · Itineraries karez-wells-guide-3-jpg I planned one day for Urumqi and the lake and needed three, because the…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-19 · Itineraries kuqa-kizil-caves-guide-2-jpg I planned one day in Urumqi and needed two, because the gateway city hides…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-18 · Itineraries qiaogeli-k2-peak-guide-2-jpg I planned a night in Kuqa and stayed three, because the old kingdom of…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-17 · Itineraries tashkurgan-town-guide-1-jpg The first time I drove Urumqi to Kashgar I treated it as a transfer…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-16 · Itineraries turpan-emin-minaret-guide-2-jpg I used to treat Urumqi as only a transfer city until I realised that…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-15 · Itineraries panlong_road_02-jpg Ten days is the sweet spot where a Xinjiang loop stops being a list…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-14 · Itineraries muztagh-ata-guide-the-father-of-ice-mountains-1-jpg Four days is enough to leave the Kashgar lanes behind, climb onto the roof…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-13 · Itineraries gaochang-ruins-guide-the-silk-road-city-in-the-turpan-basin-2-jpg Two hours south of the capital the climate flips from alpine forest to one…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-12 · Itineraries 6-day-hotan-and-taklamakan-desert-loop-1-jpg Seven days is enough to run a clean southern Xinjiang loop from the Turpan…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-11 · Itineraries kanas-lake-xinjiang-jpg I almost skipped Korla on my first southern loop, thinking it a dull industrial…