Tag: China

Budgeting, China

Budget: China Travel

This is actually a fairly good representation of costs for budget travel through China.  I stayed mostly in hostels where the were available, and had a good split between time in big cities and time out more towards the countryside. This also includes the visa, which is about $140 for […]

China, Travel Words

An Hour in the Air

For unreasonable reasons, I decided to fly back to Urumqi on my way out of the country.  If it weren’t for Shanghai Airlines, I wouldn’t have been around Hotan long enough to this amused: So, perhaps Uigher/ Chinese race relations are still not so hot?  As I wait for 5 […]

China, Photo Blogs

Sale at the Hotan Bazaar

As I wandered around the Big Bazaar in Hotan, Xinjiang province a couple of street (storefront?) musicians were gracious enough to give me the go ahead to film them playing. If I had known my flight would take off a day late, I probably would have stayed around to watch […]

China, Photo Blogs

Xinjiang Food

In so many places, new and exciting foods are some of the most tangibly exotic parts of being in a new culture.  Xinjiang is no exception to this, and this time around I’ve managed to photograph some of the more exciting elements.  Unfortunately, I apparently failed to get a picture […]

China, Travel Words

Train to Kashgar

Though I normally spring for hard sleeper beds when I have a choice, occasionally train travel in China is so popular that by the time I get to the ticket window to buy a departure a day or two away, I end up with a “hard seat” ticket.  For relatively […]

China, Travel Words

Around Dunhuang

While Dunhuang is surrounded by beautiful natural and historical sights, many of them are quite far away from anything that I’d be comfortable calling a town or, at times, a road.  So, I let myself be talked into taking a minivan tour to most of these sights on the second […]