China Kashgar City, 2013

        Kashgar is a city in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in China’s far west. It was once servedd as a main stop along the ancient Silk Road for 2000 

 years Kashgar is also the northern point of the Karakoram Highway connecting China and Pakistan.

Our Sorento parked in front of the Bank of China. Got to change some Chinese Yuen before we tour Kashgar city.

China. Tourgat Pass to Kashgar. 2013

China Krygyzstan Border.  Waiting for our China guide to arrive.

Torugart Pass and Krygyz / China border crossing

We left Tash Rabat Caravanserai and was back on the A365 heading to Torugart Pass at 4.30pm. Tash Rabat was at an elevation of 3,200m. On the other hand, Torugart Pass is at 3,752m above sea level. The sun was out but the temperature was a cool 11°C.

Torugart Pass is also the Kyrgyz China border crossing point. As we were only scheduled to cross the border into China on 15th Aug, we would stay the night on the Kyrgyz side of the border and cross it the next morning.



Such happy horses... on the A365, after the junction to Tash Rabat.



Good paved road as we drive alongside the At-Bashy mountain range.