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Mission Accomplished - Part 1

Time for another update! I'm back in Urumqi after spending the last 4 days in Kanas Lake, and I gotta say it was well worth the 11 hour bus ride each way! First, a little bit about Urumqi. It is the capital of Xinjiang province and the farthest place from an ocean in the world, but the...

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Chihyau on July 1, 2010 from Urumqi, China

from the travel blog: Backpacking in China

One last Nan!

To be honest I dont have a lot to say, just wanted to make the orange line go from the correct city for my flight tomorrow morning. Took a train back from Kashgar with little incident apart from banging my head on a shelf. One last nan bread tonight, its going to be emotional.

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Dan on May 26, 2008 from Urumqi, China

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

Miles from the sea

First of all, I'm fine and missed the Earthquake, disconcertingly close though as the road to Songpan passed though the epicenter of the quake and we were there 4 days ago. Scary to say the least. We didn't feel a thing up here and it took ages for any news to come through. Sounds pretty bloody...

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Dan on May 13, 2008 from Urumqi, China

from the travel blog: Been there, Dan that!

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