A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-30 · Practical Tips 9-day-cross-region-xinjiang-loop-1-jpg The day a traveler in our group got sick from a stream by…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-29 · Practical Tips best-suv-for-xinjiang-road-trip-2-jpg The first night I camped by a Xinjiang lake in July, the mosquitoes…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-28 · Practical Tips driving-licence-for-xinjiang-road-trip-1-jpg The night my phone died at a desert motel with the wrong adapter…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-27 · Practical Tips xinjiang-border-permit-step-by-step-3-jpg The day a tire let go on a basin straight, the number I…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-26 · Practical Tips aydingkol-lake-guide-2-jpg The first time I landed in Urumqi to start a drive, I wasted…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-25 · Practical Tips bezeklik-thousand-buddha-caves-guide-1-jpg The small moments, taking off my shoes at a mosque door and accepting…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-24 · Practical Tips cele-desert-guide-3-jpg By the second week of a long loop, the thing that slowed me…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-23 · Practical Tips gaochang-ruins-guide-3-jpg By day nine of a long loop, the one thing I wanted more…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-22 · Practical Tips hemu-morning-mist-guide-3-jpg Nobody plans a road trip around toilets, and then the first 300 km…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-09-21 · Practical Tips jiaohe-ruins-guide-3-jpg I learned to say the few words for hello, price, and toilet before…