The Road to Kashgar Travel Information and Travel Guide - Pakistan

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Introducing The Road to Kashgar

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The Chinese call the road stretching from the Khunjerab Pass to Kashgar the China Friendship Rd or the China–Pakistan Highway, Zhong-Pa Gong Lu (China–Pak Big Rd). The road is generally in better condition on the Chinese side. It runs for 250km through the high, rounded valleys of the Taghdumbash Pamir, 70km down the Ghez River canyon and 80km to Kashgar across the flats at the edge of Xinjiang’s Taklamakan Desert. This is a region of sublime scenery and weather extremes, a 2000-year-old passage for trade, plunder and religious ideas.