A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics xinjiang-checkpoints-police-guide On my first Pamir drive a young officer waved me over at…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics xinjiang-winter-packing-list-for-drivers-2.jpg The thing I forgot on my first trip was a power bank;…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics 7-day-duku-highway-complete-drive-1.jpg My navigation once routed me onto a closed Gobi track — since…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics xinjiang-240-hour-visa-free-transit-update-2.jpg A reader emailed asking if the 240-hour rule let him self-drive Xinjiang…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics winter-xinjiang-self-drive-2.jpg My first Xinjiang winter drive ended with a spin on a shaded…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics 7-day-duku-highway-complete-drive-3.jpg I watched the Duku gate close behind me one October — the…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics Night driving on Xinjiang highways I pushed a Turpan-to-Korla night once to ‘save…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics xinjiang-naan-the-bread-that-fuels-the-drive-1.jpg My Duku fuel math was off by a tank — after that…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics Combining trains with a self-drive rental in Xinjiang I once flew to Kashgar,…
A Aynur Rahman · Xinjiang-based travel writer & licensed local route plannerUpdated 2026-08-10 · Transport & Logistics 7-day-duku-highway-complete-drive-2.jpg I once reached the Kashgar permit office at 4 pm on a…