Visit Tibet
further kilometre to the main crossroads, identifiable by its larger buildings including anIslamicized department store, and turn right. 200m down, Beijing Sightseeing Placesagain on the right, the largebuilding with the gift shop next to the gate is the Yengisar Binguan, which has triples withbath for ￥25 ($3) per bed, no hot water, Norbulingkaand depressing bathrooms. Go past the hotel to thenext junction, turn left to get to the main bazaar, and left again to find the Daggers Factory.
Here you can see the entire process Beijing Walking Tourof manufacture by hand, from the hammering of glowingmetal and the flying sparks of grinders to the delicate process of decorating the handles.
From Yengisar it is 125km and 2V2 hours to Yarkand （Shache), reached by returning to thebus station and taking a bus(￥10/$1.20) or minibus(￥16/$2). China TravelThese leave when full. Justoutside Yengisar, a small lake appears on the west side, contrasting oddly with the barren mudand dunes to the east, and followed by the usually dry beds of meltwater rivers.
Yarkand, December 9th.How Long is The Great Wall of China-Congratulate me on being able to date aletter to you from Yarkand, where we arrived yesterday in perfect safety.
You who know how I had longed for that moment can realise the satisfaction with which I passed through the gate of the city, the firstEnglishman that has ever succeeded in doing so.
Robert Shaw, Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand and Kashgar, 1871So wrote Dharamsala tea planter Robert Shaw in 1868, on an expedition to meet Yakub BeginhisVisit Tibet capital Kashgar, following his formation of an independent Kashgaria. Shaw later returnedafter Yakub's demise to be a political agent for the government of India. Yarkand then had apopulation of about 60,000 and was a more important commercial town than Kashgar.
Here you can see the entire process Beijing Walking Tourof manufacture by hand, from the hammering of glowingmetal and the flying sparks of grinders to the delicate process of decorating the handles.
From Yengisar it is 125km and 2V2 hours to Yarkand （Shache), reached by returning to thebus station and taking a bus(￥10/$1.20) or minibus(￥16/$2). China TravelThese leave when full. Justoutside Yengisar, a small lake appears on the west side, contrasting oddly with the barren mudand dunes to the east, and followed by the usually dry beds of meltwater rivers.
Yarkand, December 9th.How Long is The Great Wall of China-Congratulate me on being able to date aletter to you from Yarkand, where we arrived yesterday in perfect safety.
You who know how I had longed for that moment can realise the satisfaction with which I passed through the gate of the city, the firstEnglishman that has ever succeeded in doing so.
Robert Shaw, Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand and Kashgar, 1871So wrote Dharamsala tea planter Robert Shaw in 1868, on an expedition to meet Yakub BeginhisVisit Tibet capital Kashgar, following his formation of an independent Kashgaria. Shaw later returnedafter Yakub's demise to be a political agent for the government of India. Yarkand then had apopulation of about 60,000 and was a more important commercial town than Kashgar.
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