Wednesday, October 5th – Tashkurgan to Kashgar

Having been told by the bus driver that we would leave at 7AM, we are up before dawn packing our … Continue reading Wednesday, October 5th – Tashkurgan to Kashgar

Tuesday, October 4th – AND FINALLY, THE KHUNJERAB PASS.

After a simple breakfast of porridge and tea, we wait outside the hostel for our promised ride. Half and hour … Continue reading Tuesday, October 4th – AND FINALLY, THE KHUNJERAB PASS.

We went down to the railway station to try and buy tickets to Canton but all we got was “Meiou” … Continue reading April 2nd

Wednesday 1 April A steward woke us up at 6 a.m. and we left Marco and Sharon asleep and stepped … Continue reading Wednesday, April 1st

Linda and I were both awake early, helped, no doubt, by the squawking of the sound system which began at … Continue reading March 31st

We were awakened at 8 a.m. by a succession of attendants trying to eject us from our rooms saying that … Continue reading Monday, March 30th.

A rich pageant was rolling by outside the windows of the train as rerolled northwards all day. An endless pattern … Continue reading 27/3/92

About 7:30 a.m. we caught a bus from the bus station across the road from the hotel bound for Liuzhou, … Continue reading March 25th.

We spent nearly the entire day at Lisa’s, eating drinking and talking to other travellers. Linda and I made a … Continue reading March 25th.

There was another Australian girl and an American bloke staying at the hotel and so the 5 of us hired … Continue reading March 24th.