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RE: Driving From Kyrgyzstan to Tibet

by Ainsanghost 20 February 2012

Bishkek - Naryn - Tashrabat (overnight) - Tourugart Pass - Kashgar Google - from kasgar to lhasa by car = Overland Kashgar to Lhasa…
RE: Road from Kashgar to Tibet border closed to foreigners?

by jiejie 06 December 2011

Haven't heard that the road to Kharghilik is closed to foreigners--unless some unrest has been happening, should be open. Not sure how…
Turpan to Hotan - Take cross desert highway or southern silk road??

by KathyUK 27 August 2011

Hey everyone, I'm arriving in Turpan tomorrow and after a few days there i will continue on to Kashgar. I will definitely visit Hotan,…
RE: Karghilik or Yarkand

by Gezgin54 19 August 2011

Thanks all. I think I'll be going for Yarkand. Maybe will skip both, I don't know yet. It all depends on the time I will be spending travell…
RE: Karghilik or Yarkand

by kashgarguidecom 16 August 2011

i also recommend Yarkand over Kargilik, becuase Yarkand has long history and used to be capital of Uyghur kingdom, other sites which u…
RE: Karghilik or Yarkand

by dremarek 15 August 2011

i guess i'll be the first to vote for karghilik. it has a fantastic old city that , unlike kashgars, hasn't been destroyed yet, and colorful…
RE: Karghilik or Yarkand

by joolz2 15 August 2011

Yarkand is OK for a few hours if you're passing that way anyway. It has a pleasant old town with mosques and tombs, and plenty of places…
Re: Karghilik or Yarkand

by danglik 14 August 2011

Hi there, Compare Yarkant and Kaghilik, Yarkant is more interesting for sure. Yarkant is an ancient city and it was capital city for…
RE: Karghilik or Yarkand

by bengbubob 14 August 2011

Neither is very interesting. Even Hotan is not as interesting as Kashgar. I am a tour operator and I get clients who want to go to Hotan…
RE: Karghilik or Yarkand

by Gezgin54 14 August 2011

As it seems Xinjiang is still open and will remain open as there is no news about foreigners being rejected. But offcourse, everything…
RE: Karghilik or Yarkand

by kingmyworld 14 August 2011

Recently some horibble terror events happened in Hotan and around the southern Xinjiang with terrorists trained in Pakistan by al-qaida.…
Karghilik or Yarkand

by Gezgin54 14 August 2011

Hi there, I'm going to Xinjiang soon and because of a lack of time I have to choose between one these towns on my way from Kashgar to…
RE: Renting a Guide/Van in Kashgar, Xinjiang in June 2011

by kashgartourguide 28 May 2011

welcome to Xinjiang where Turkic ethnic Uyghur people live with its long historical heritage on the ancient silk road , you can find…
Re: Kathmandu - Lhasa - Kashgar : Feasibility and share

by infomaster 21 April 2011

Hi there , from Lhasa start to drive until Ali you may comes without any problems , those guys mentions right , you have to Tibeten…
RE: Bus Travel from Karghilik {Yecheng 叶城 }, Xinjiang to Ali { 阿里}, Tibet

by Losang 16 December 2010

Agree....you are going off of some very old and extremely outdated travel information.
RE: Bus Travel from Karghilik {Yecheng 叶城 }, Xinjiang to Ali { 阿里}, Tibet

by everbrite 13 December 2010

There is NO possibility to take public transport in Tibet. None. The book you are reading was published in 2008 and thus written before…
RE: Bus Travel from Karghilik {Yecheng 叶城 }, Xinjiang to Ali { 阿里}, Tibet

by dremarek 13 December 2010

all tibet travel permits must be issued before arriving in tibet, including ali. you will not legally be able to make this trip alone,…
RE: Bus Travel from Karghilik {Yecheng 叶城 }, Xinjiang to Ali { 阿里}, Tibet

by John555 13 December 2010

Think you are talking about seriously permit territory in these modern times.
Bus Travel from Karghilik {Yecheng 叶城 }, Xinjiang to Ali { 阿里}, Tibet

by Ralpha 13 December 2010

Hello*** Has anyone RECENTLY traveled by BUS from Karghilik { Yecheng 叶城} Xinjiang to Ali { 阿里} in Tibet ? Does the Tibetan Antelope Bus…
RE: Is it possible to enter Tibet via the Kashgar route (thru Pakistan)?

by paulabo 18 November 2009

Granted, I travelled from Karghilik in Kashgar to Ali in Tibet ont the bus 3 years ago, but it was absolutely no problem. Of course,…
RE: Crossing from China to Pakistan on the KKH

by timdog 12 November 2009

Steele - shit, hoist by my own petard there - I was, I confess, passing on secondhand information (from some Americans who managed to…
Re: Lhasa Kailash Kashgar: looking for advice + travelers leaving mid June

by philip_pj 27 May 2009

We did this exact trip three years ago and intend to fill in the gaps this year - to see the things we missed back then. First up -…
RE: Silk road - how's this itinerary?

by jat007 14 May 2009

hi gnajj ive got plan to do a similar trip in august, in particular the section from minfeng to Kuqa with a night in Tazhong pretty please…
RE: Xinjiang Province

by CentralAsia_traveler 22 April 2009

#8 Oh thank you, Bulbul, for noticing this. That was a mistake! I meant to type overnight BUS. (I know that the Chinese government…
RE: Silk road - how's this itinerary?

by CentralAsia_traveler 22 March 2009

>"is there anything of interest between Karghilik and Hotan and Hotan and Mingfeng to justify taking a private car? " No, not for the…