This was very hard day. I started from Hotan early in the morning and they promised that after 7 hours on the Silk Road we will reach Kashgar. Now I know that 7 hours means 10 hours in China. Can you imagine 10 hours in the stinky, dirty, cramped bus with crying kids, broken seats on the bumpy road? Desert on the other side of the window… Takla Makan.
They built a new road from Kashgar to Hotan but the speed of development here, in the Wild West of China is quite different that in the East!. They built also railroad, but is seems that works are stopped somewhere in the midway of this 500-kms stretch… I arrived to historic Kashgar at 7.30. Motocycle-taxis work here (2 yuan per ride) so it was easy to get to the well known Chini Bagh hotel. From the first look I see that Sinnce my first visit Kashgar changed a lot. Years ago I have been here on my way to Khunjerab Pass. But the food stalls on the streets still work! Bon apetit!
