Silk Road: Korla to Kashgar, 2013/06
Photos from our maiden voyage along a lesser-travelled section of the Silk Road in Xinjiang Province.
In July we made a seven day road trip along a lesser-travelled section of the Silk Road, heading west to Kashgar and passing through obscure yet interesting cities and towns like Korla, Kuqa,and Aksu.
The Silk Road has several branches in Xinjiang, and the branch we followed counts as the southern one.
All up, we covered almost 1,500km on the trip – a long one! On the way we enjoyed picnics at scenic spots, we did some hiking in hills and valleys, we visited China’s second-largest mosque, and we spent a night camping, almost getting washed out in an unexpected rainstorm! Another unexpected happening was the loss of our camera, so the photos we have below are all from the camera on Huijie’s phone.