tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post4778885250925038369..comments2023-05-24T23:33:57.516+10:00Comments on My Unwelcome Stranger: Timewarp in Jiayuguan (Part 1)Denis Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-74315911506011257972011-06-09T00:24:42.769+10:002011-06-09T00:24:42.769+10:00Good question, Julie - or is it a sad one? This wa...Good question, Julie - or is it a sad one? This was 20 years ago, and in the race to be the world's leading power, China has abandoned much. The city of Lanzhou in the centre of the map above was the most polluted place I have ever seen anywhere in the world, even then. The culture of the Muslim Uighurs and the Wei people of Xinjiang province have taken a dreadful hammering. Kashgar we didn't go to, but what a romantic sounding name it is! Maybe I wouldn't want to go back. That was the best o/s travelling trip I ever had.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5722735165669239585.post-84282081598878268982011-06-08T10:23:51.980+10:002011-06-08T10:23:51.980+10:00AMAZING! I wonder if the crystal water still gushe...AMAZING! I wonder if the crystal water still gushes down the street sides in Turfan...do you remember I wanted to tell you about the Silk Road town that was being destroyed by 'modernising' Chinese (in fact many say its' really an attempt to wipe out the old culture..) it's Kashgar! Pictures -I'm going to search for pictures.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03796734273732243982noreply@blogger.com