Kashgar. I think that the best place for the backpackers is Seman Hotel. They have room range from dormitories to the suites and (surprise!) the rates are negotiable. The peak is always on Saturday and Sunday – when the people come fot the famous Sunday Market. Try to book in advance… I stay in the dorm with 4 Chineese. It is hard to say that they are silent and clean… Do not worry, be happy – you are in legendary Kashgar… And they charged only 30 yuan ber bed (1 USD=7.8 yuan) There is inexpensive (slow) internet in the hotel – they charge only 5 yuan per hour…
I was walking around most of the day… This town has two faces: the new one – with wide streets and huge chairman Mao monument and the other – narrow streets of the old town full of stalls, shops, walking vendors, donkey carts. Of course I like most the old face of Kashgar. Most of the people in the old town are Muslims. Do you know – it is Ramadan now?. So in the eateries they do not cook cheap food before dusk… I was hungry at 6 pm! But happy to be in such exciting place…
