Kashgar is an interesting place, but like most interesting places in China I have stayed far too long. I have been in town for five days (at least two days too long) and am ready to move on to Central Asia. The Monday bus to Osh, Kyrgyzstan was sold out and I have gotten no bites from my postings for a taxi share around town. I ended up paying far too much to join two German women tomorrow morning. Because they booked the taxi through a cafe here it is about three times the price it should be. But I paid it and am no longer complaining.
Tomorrow at 5am we leave to cross the border to the Kyrgyz Republic. The two women are only going as far as Sary Tash (about 3 hours from teh border) where they will meet a truck taking them to Tajikistan. So, after we arrive, I have to either find a place to stay for the night or a ride on to Osh. Hey, maybe I’ll be lucky and find a big group sharig a ride to Osh at the border… but I’m not counting on it.
Luckily, I met a German man to hang out with at the Sunday Bazaar and spent part of the last two days bumming around with a Canadian woman and her son. We took the bus out to an intersting Uiger graveyard and met the nice of a friend of hers for shopping today. I did’t buy any of the hats I wanted because I should be coming back through here in October if things go to plan.
As I sit here and type we are getting our first rain storm. Of course, I did laundry a few hours ago and all of my clothes are outside getting soaked right now. Lets all hope I have better luck in the next country!
I’ve added a Kashgar gallery so take a look when you can in the usual place.
6 responses to “Getting Out”
I’m Looking forward to hearing about your ventures into Central Asia! For now tough, I’m going to take a peek at the gallery. 🙂
Hey, where are you? I rely on your blog for my armchair traveling fix! Hope all is well on your journey to Central Asia…
Megan? Is everything ok? We haven’t heard from you in quite some time now. I’m getting a little worried. Hope everything is going great.
It’s been over two weeks without any updates. I hope everything’s fine and you’re just stuck without internet.
Don`t worry,
travelling consumes your sence of time,
friends and relatives must wait.
Megan has her head screwed on the right way.
Just to keep you all posted. Megan just emailed me. She is safe and sound. She was off visiting a lake for a couple weeks. She promises to post to the blog soon.