Month: October 2012

It was my dream to visit Kashgar and it’s people since i first read about it a century ago. Finally i was ready to tick my bucket list and planned the looooong trip down to sandy city Kashgar. Being a muslim i decided to spend my Eid in Kashgar. It was one of the best decision made in my life. It was like walking through a chapter in an old ancient book. Delicious food and warm hearted Uyghur people. We truly enjoyed every bit of the trip. Talakmakan desert oh my.. Do spend a night camping beacause it just purely joy to gaze at the stars in the silent night.

A BIG thank you to Imam, Abdul Wahab & Mohd. Thank you for showing us the beauty of your country. The constant smiles on your faces along with your gorgeous fellow country men warms our hearts. I will plan a comeback but to the Lakes next time ? Keep up the awesome job. Insyallah i will see all of you in the future.

For those planning to travel to Kashgar, i strongly suggest China Eastern. Yes it sounds scary but we were extremely impressed by the airline. On time and good value for money.

xoxo,
Nameera from Singapore!

We had a wonderful time in Kashgar! We took tours to Karakul Lake and Tashkurgan along the great Karakorum Highway pass. The drive was beautiful, our tour guide was unbelievably knowledgable, and the scenes were breathtaking.

Our Uyghur tour guide, Koresh, spoke great English and treated us with an incredibly nuanced view on life in Kashgar and Xinjiang. We learned about Uyghur customs, ate the great local food, and learned about the long and fascinating history of the Uyghur people in Xinjiang. He was also super funny, and kept our drives interesting with stories and local jokes. Koresh was such a friendly and personable guide. He introduced us to everyone we met on the trip, and we entertained our ridiculous questions. He even helped us negotiate a way to go up to base camp on Muztagh Ata, which we ended up skipping because we did not have warm enough clothes.

A huge thanks to Imam and Koresh. Imam’s great communication and flexible planning was crucial to us picking Xinjiang Travel, and Koresh’s expertise will keep us coming back and referring friends.

Hello from back home!

-Eric, Ben, & Dana from USA!

It was the right thing to go “out of China” during the Golden Week.
We had a great time travelling around Kashgar, going to the dessert and spending time at the Karakul lake.
Imam and his team took really good care of us and we were deeply impressed by the arabic culture.
Greetings from Shanghai!
Carlo from Germany!

I cannot praise the folks of Xinjiang Travel and Kashgar Guide enough! They were knowledgeable, kind, polite, and accomodating throughout the trip.

I am an educated and quietly demanding customer who asks – what is this? and what is that? constantly

These fellows always had a good answer for me – from the geoology of western China to what birds we saw and their ranges.

The combination of personal attention and knowledge about the areas and sites they covered was phenomenal – which is what I expected and received.

They took me everywhere I wanted to go and then some and explained it all to me in picture-perfect English which is not easy to come by in western China.

An additional benefit of the tour was a window into the Uyghur way of life which included some behind the scenes tours of some crafts-shops in Kashgar – including a view of how instruments and other goods were made – as well as some fantastic food both in restaurants and bought on the fly from markets for a picnics.

I highly recommend Xinjiang Travel and Kashgar Guide for anyone wanting an intellectually fullfilling and interesting look at China.

My only regret is that I didn’t book them as my guide to the rest of the country – they were THAT great!

Laura from USA!

www.silkroadgourmet.com

I cannot praise the folks of Xinjiang Travel and Kashgar Guide enough!  They were knowledgeable, kind, polite, and accomodating throughout the trip.

I am an educated and quietly demanding customer who asks – what is this? and what is that? constantly

These fellows always had a good answer for me – from the geoology of western China to what birds we saw and their ranges.

The combination of personal attention and knowledge about the areas and sites they covered was phenomenal – which is what I expected and received.

They took me everywhere I wanted to go and then some and explained it all to me in picture-perfect English which is not easy to come by in western China.

An additional benefit of the tour was a window into the Uyghur way of life which included some behind the scenes tours of some crafts-shops in Kashgar – including a view of how instruments and other goods were made –  as well as some fantastic food both in restaurants and bought on the fly from markets for a picnics.

I highly recommend Xinjiang Travel and Kashgar Guide for anyone wanting an intellectually fullfilling and interesting look at China.

My only regret is that I didn’t book them as my guide to the rest of the country – they were THAT great!

Laura from USA!

www.silkroadgourmet.com