Kaxgar, or Kashgar in English, is the western extremity near the border with Tajikistan.
We chose Kaxgar as the starting point of our journey because Kaxgar is the farthest west city in China in term of altitude. Well, Taxkorgan is a little more west in the south near to Pakistan border, but there is no flight to go there, except bus.
Xinjiang is the biggest province in China in term of land size, but least populated and one of the riches because of it's oil and natural gas production. Urumqi is the capital, but Kaxgar is where the huzzle and buzzle is. Why? Kaxgar has the biggest bazaar in the world, called Grand Bazaar. It has around 100,000 people flow in every Sunday.
And we arrived Kaxgar on Sunday, August 29, 2004.
When we first arrived, we realized the store here sells all sort of asortments.
However, we had not gotten to the bazaar yet!
As we left the hostel, with all the little kids we met along the way, we already started to falling in love with Kaxgar and the people here. They are welcoming, simple gesture and unique in their own way. We waved and got a cab, cost us RMB5 to get to the bazaar. Once we were there, we realized that it probably has the wierdest thing you can think to buy, it is all here. Instead of words, I think pictures really speak a thousand words here!
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| I love this art. If you are Chinese, you know this is from "Fu Lu". |
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| I told myself, I will come back one day to make myself a beautiful dress! |
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| I think animal protection group will faint if they see this bazaar, but all the things presented are so beautiful! |
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| You can see they were once wealthy before! |
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| All sort of traditional supplement. |
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| We will end here. |
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