The books describe very well how to go from Urumqi to Almaty.
There is an alternative via Yining. A hard sleeper from Uru is Y160. The ride takes...
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I wonder if this route from Yining to Zharkent still operates in winter time. I am in Xinjiang at the moment (Dec 2023) and looking into this option...
Hello, everybody, I'm now for a longer time in Almaty / KZ and I want and I will go by bus to Khorog / China with ome overnight stay there.
My...
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@ duff: Thank's a lot for your very interesting report. I will join a group from Almaty, going there by bus with one overnight at a hotel. This is a...
Does anybody have information on how we can get a SIM card in China, especially in Xinjiang? I heard that getting a SIM card there is almost...
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I stayed in Renmin road, Tianshian district and near Nan Men metro station in Urumqi, Xinjiang. I walked to the plaza named Fountain Plaza and buy a...
Hi, asking on behalf of a friend who is a tech journalist and it planning to transit through China.
He's previously written an article about...
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Hello,
I just crossed into China via land recently. I would only advise that your friend definitely lies about his profession, journalists definitely...
Is it possible to cross from India to China through Ladakh? I've read there are several points but the sino-indian conflict comes and goes, and I've...
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Not possible, there's no border. Doabl only for the local tibetans nomads, I've just been in Hanle and UmlingLa pass, that's what the people there...
I'm booking a sleeper train from Urumqi to Lanzhou mid-August. Some websites claim there was a 12 hour bullet train at some point (likely pre-COVID)...
1. China has reopened borders to tourists after three years of Covi-zero closure.
2. Travellers to China no longer required to covid...
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Hello,
We can now apply for a tourist visa.
Is it better to order it in your own country of residence or from China? I have read that it can be done...
Family traveling in China by RV/caravan. We have been renting RV several times in China and blogging about our experiences. Several campgrounds were...
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No need local guide .
I live in China and have a Chinese driving license. You can rent the RV as a foreigner, but I have the benefit that my wife...
This summer we rented a caravan from Shanghai and drove all the way up to Inner Mongolia. Made an informative page for the caravan about traffic laws...
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