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Caption: a Day, a Night KASHGAR
Caption: Since some of you asked me to tell more about Kashgar, which I really love, so in this story I will give more photos and a bit stories of Kashgar during the day and at the night.
Hope you enjoy it !
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Caption: To go to Kashgar, I spent around 26hrs on the train.
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Caption: I don't mind spent that long, because I love train. It allow me to meet a lot of people with different stories.
It was a sleeper train with 3 bed and I was on the top.
The woman tried to talk with me. Even I couldn't speak Chinese and she couldn't speak English as well, but we managed to understand each other with smile and sign language.
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Caption: Kashgar Old Town Youth Hostel This is a view from my hostel, Old Town Youth Hostel, one of the best hostel I ever stayed. What the best I meant here is : it felt like home.
Actually it wasn't my 1st choice. From Lonely Planet there was a cheaper one. But, at the train station when I asked, no one know. Then, a girl that I met on the train, tried to help me. She couldn't speak English but she called her sister and I talked to her sister.
Caption: After some short explanation. I gave the phone back then the girl asked me to follow her and get on to the taxi. I was afraid of course, how if she want to do something bad for me. But, I dunno why, I followed her.
She told something which I didn't understand to the taxi driver, then together we off from station.
With little english and more sign language, we managed to talk and laugh. And tadaaa... We already in front of the hostel.
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Caption: When I asked how much? She made a sign like "no need". And yes, it was a free ride. I thank her and get off from the taxi then straight entered a big red wooden door of the hostel.
In the afternoon, I went out and met some new friends, then we decided to the night market, an everyday night market, located in Old Town, couple mins walk from the hostel
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Caption: The white-blue jacket man was giving food for FREE. It was a nadzar from his family. Nadzar is a condition when you promise to God to do something good or something particular. Like, this man, her mother said before she die, she want to give free food to as many as people she can. But, since she died, the family did it on behalf of her name.
My new friend told me that it is almost every night there are some people who give free food, for different reasons.
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Caption: Old Town Night Market is a heaven. There are a lot of delicious meals. A lot!
And what made me happier was all the food are halal, means I can eat them all. Well, I didn't have chance try them all, but still.
Actually it wasn't hard to find halal food in China, but in Kashgar you even didn't have to try. They are everywhere, everywhere !
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Caption: I didn't take many photos that night, I was too busy trying food from one seller to another. From something that common for me like chicken or noodle and end up with something uncommon like some kind of meat with something that I dunno what.
After no more space in my belly, I decided to go back and sleep.
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Caption: I felt lucky I didn't go to my 1st choice hostel, because Youth Hostel that I was staying at the time just perfect.
I wake up in the morning, having breakfast and when I went out, I felt like not in China at all.
A lot of street vendors. From vegies to food, from fruit to meat, from crafts to fabric. I felt like I was in the middle-east city.
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Caption: For safety reason, there were some old buildings need to be destroyed :(
Caption: Another new friends and I went to walk out during the day, to see what this Old Town have to offer for us.
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Caption: Id Kah Mosque, one the biggest and oldest mosque in China.
I came inside but didn't take any picture, for my personal reason. I didn't have a chance to pray (I'm a muslim) inside because it wasn't a pray time at that time.
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Caption: This is my new friend that I met at the hostel, we were roommate.
And yeah, you can ride a camel in the middle of Old Town.
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Caption: Making a bao/dumpling container
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Caption: Date or Kurma
A unique thing here is, after you finished, the seller will give you some sweet water, made from those fruits and you can free refill
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Caption: Even though, I couldn't pray in Id Kah, I got a chance to pray in this beautiful little mosque.
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Caption: I only reminded that I was still in China by those Chinese banner.
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All photos were taken by me, during my journey, 2014.
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