{"id":2082,"date":"2019-11-12T14:22:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T14:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2024-02-15T21:55:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T21:55:21","slug":"kashgar-xinjiang-china-silk-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2019\/11\/12\/kashgar-xinjiang-china-silk-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashgar: Silk Road vibes in Xinjiang"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2082\" class=\"elementor elementor-2082\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-659a9edb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"659a9edb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-654a70fb\" data-id=\"654a70fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de289ff elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"de289ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-f0b7872 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOctober 18, 2019\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-fcf06e9 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDay 44\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-b7f90aa elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-compass\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKashgar, China\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-5c90350 elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-suitcase\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t7090 Km\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cb5a852 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cb5a852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"leadin wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s a saying that you haven\u2019t seen Xinjiang without seeing Kashgar. And that you haven\u2019t seen Kashgar without seeing its Old Town. As Kashgar, the major trading point along the ancient Silk Road, was a fascinating place to see, we believe that it\u2019s true. But also, you can\u2019t visit Kashgar and the surveillance state Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang without thinking about the political situation there. Unfortunately, we don\u2019t feel like writing more about it in our blog&#8230; Just use Google (unless you\u2019e in China where Google services are blocked, of course).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our \u201chostel of choice\u201c<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the whole Xinjiang is a police-state-like place where you\u2019re not allowed to move freely, we also didn\u2019t have much choice on where to stay there. Foreigners are officially allowed to stay only in three accommodations. Of those two were open this time and only one had space for us. Therefore our \u201dhostel of choice\u201d was the Kashi Maitian Youth Hostel. The check-in took over half an hour, as the personnel didn\u2019t speak much English and seemed not to have too much idea of how anything works. In the lobby there was a drunken birthday party going on, in which also the security man and the personnel were taking part. Unfortunately, we didn\u2019t have the energy to join the fun. We felt exhausted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2019\/11\/12\/irkeshtam-pass-kyrgyzstan-china-border-crossing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"after hours of border controls and searching for the hostel (opens in a new tab)\">after hours of border controls and searching for the hostel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The impressions of Kashgar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Kashgar, there were surveillance cameras everywhere. There were also many police stations around the city and policemen in combat uniforms at almost every corner. But despite the politics of Xinjiang and the whole police state thing, Kashgar itself felt like a good city for a tourist to have a little break from traveling. The Old Town was a pleasant, yet surprisingly touristy, place. With its old, silkroad-style buildings it was a whole new China for us. The opposite of the eastern parts of the country we\u2019ve seen before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100511-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100511-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100511-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100511-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100511.jpg 1778w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100545-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100545-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100545-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100545-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100545.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The Old Town <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100506-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cYoung\u201c man in the Old Town \" class=\"wp-image-2029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100506-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100506-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100506-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100506.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>\u201cYoung\u201c man in the Old Town <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside the Old Town the city felt more Chinese. The red lanterns, the futuristically lit high buildings and the people cruising around with their e-scooters. After spending several weeks in Central-Asia, everything here felt new and exciting for us. Straight on the first day we decided to stay a few days longer than initially planned.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100587-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"The policemen having an evening stroll with helmets, shield and spear\" class=\"wp-image-2038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100587-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100587-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100587-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100587.jpg 1390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The policemen having an evening stroll with helmets, shield and spear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Night Market, vegetarian food and drinks in Kashgar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100438-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\" The Night Market at the Old Town\" class=\"wp-image-2024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100438-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100438-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100438-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100438.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> The Night Market at the Old Town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the evening a big part of the Old Town turns into an atmospherically lit night market with dozens of food stands. There was a lot of Uygur food of offer, similar to the cuisine in Central-Asia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100440-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Old man preparing us a desert out of sticky rice, yogurt and honey\" class=\"wp-image-2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100440-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100440-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100440-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Old man preparing us a desert out of sticky rice, yogurt and honey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100464-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Local corn \u201cbread\u201c\" class=\"wp-image-2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100464-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100464-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100464-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100464.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Local corn \u201cbread\u201c<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On our first evening in Kashgar, as our one and only mission was to find something to eat, a Taiwanese girl Eva and a Chinese woman Honey from our hostel were kind enough to take us to the Night Market. As Eva spoke both English and Chinese, she helped us to find something vegetarian to eat. To our delight she introduced us to a variation of Ashlan-Fu \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/en\/2019\/10\/11\/karakol-hot-springs-cold-soup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the dish we already grew to love in Kyrgyzstan (opens in a new tab)\">the dish we already grew to love in Kyrgyzstan<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100435-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The wonderful Ashlan-Fu stand\" class=\"wp-image-2022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100435-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100435-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100435-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100435.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The wonderful Ashlan-Fu stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100436-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Looks different than the Kyrgyz version, right?\" class=\"wp-image-2023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100436-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100436-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100436-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100436.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Looks different than the Kyrgyz version, right?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kashgar\u2019s version is less soupy and containing more vegetables \u2013 we liked it even more than the soup in Karakol. As this version of Ashlan-Fu was one of the very few vegetarian dishes we could find in Kashgar, we ate it every day. Until Johanna got a mild food poisoning, spent a whole day in our hotel room (or mainly in the toilet where we also found the first cockroaches of this journey) and refused to eat anything Chinese anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100487-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Lagman noodles in the making\" class=\"wp-image-2028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100487-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100487-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100487-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100487.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Lagman noodles in the making<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100572-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"There are many steam kitchens on the streets\" class=\"wp-image-2036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100572-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100572-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100572-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100572.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> There are many steam kitchens on the streets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also found a new, delicious fruit in Kashgar, Jujube. These brown-greenish little balls don\u2019t look too special, but they are like very sweet, tiny apples. On one evening Johanna ate about a half a kilo of these fruits. If it wasn\u2019t the Ashlan-Fu that made her sick, it must have been the overdosing on Jujube (this happened to her already one time in Vietnam with lychee).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100478-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Can you overdose on jujube? Dr. Google couldn\u2018t give us a clear answer\" class=\"wp-image-2027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100478-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100478-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100478-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100478.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Can you overdose on jujube? Dr. Google couldn\u2018t give us a clear answer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most touristy place we visited in Kashgar\u2019s old town was the Hundred-Year-Old Teahouse. While sipping our over-priced tea (we ordered jujube tea btw) and enjoying the crispy nan-bread, listening to the traditional live music, we could almost feel like being taken back in time to the ancient silk road. Until we paid attention to all the loud Chinese tourists that the place was filled with, taking pictures of everything with their smart phones and cameras with giant objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100619-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Jujube tea, nan and huge junks of sugar\" class=\"wp-image-2042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100619-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100619-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100619-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100619.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Jujube tea, nan and huge junks of sugar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100629-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\" Seri drinking healthy tea\" class=\"wp-image-2043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100629-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100629-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100629-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100629.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> Seri drinking healthy tea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides tea we also drank some beer. There are several cozy bars in the old town. Sitting on a terrace with a local beer in our hands we really felt like being on a holiday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100568-1024x578.jpg\" alt=\"Seri drinking healthy beer \" class=\"wp-image-2035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100568-1024x578.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100568-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100568-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100568.jpg 1882w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Seri drinking healthy beer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things to do outside the Old Town<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though the Old Town is not very big, one could spend hours just wandering around on the small, peaceful alleyways there, admiring the old buildings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100542-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\" There was plenty of space to roll around on the peaceful Old Town alleys\" class=\"wp-image-2031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100542-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100542-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100542-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100542.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> There was plenty of space to roll around on the peaceful Old Town alleys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there are things to do in Kashgar, also outside of the Old Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, we visited a bazaar, again. To visit one in Kashgar felt somehow special, since the city has been a major trading point along the Silk Route for hundreds of years. We spent a few hours there, just wandering around, but didn\u2019t buy anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A complete opposite of the Old Town was Donghu Park, which is built next to and over a small lake. You see some interesting illuminated shapes and decorations in every direction around you and huge, continuous video projections on the walls of the surrounding buildings. This looks especially cool when it\u2019s dark and it\u2019s all reflecting on the water. The Donghu Park was completely free to visit and the entrance is located just opposite the Kashi Maitian Hostel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100597-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\" The Donghu Park\" class=\"wp-image-2039\" width=\"726\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100597-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100597-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100597-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100597.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><figcaption> The Donghu Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100575.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100575.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100575-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100575-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100575-576x1024.jpg 576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Kyrgyzstan we had a break from skateboarding, so we were happy to find out that the streets of Kashgar were in excellent shape. Therefore, we also had a lot of fun just cruising around the city on our skateboards, among all the e-scooters. Apparently, there are not many skateboarders in Kashgar. The people seemed very surprised to see us and even the police didn\u2019t complain about skating in the Old Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100609-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\" Johanna and the e-scooters vs. ...\" class=\"wp-image-2041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100609-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100609-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100609-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100609.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> Johanna and the e-scooters vs. &#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100605-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\" Seri and the e-scooters\" class=\"wp-image-2040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100605-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100605-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100605-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100605.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> Seri and the e-scooters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image postimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100552-696x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100552-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100552-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100552-768x1129.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodridestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/P1100552.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After four nights we left Kashgar and started our journey on the legendary Karakoram Highway. 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