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I went to Yangshuo before Nanning, it's a little more confining and touristy but mostly Shanghainese, not Westerners. Turpan is like a cross between Urumqi and
by cromwellian 9y ago
I went to Yangshuo before Nanning, it's a little more confining and touristy but mostly Shanghainese, not Westerners. Turpan is like a cross between Urumqi and Kashgar, in the sense that it has a high uighur population, much more uighur culture and architecture, but still identifiably a Chinese city. Also, many Uighurs in that area tend to speak surprisingly good English, which is good because their Mandarin accent can be a bit thick,
To me, when you get to Kashgar you start to feel more like you're Central Asia.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoYangshuo has more westerners than other places. If you find yourself in gunagxi again, definitely check out liuzhou, it's Guilin's grittier twin. I'd like to visit Kashgar someday. Northern xinjiang was really nice to tour around also, except they didn't let me out of the van when we reached the khazakistan border (no foreigners allowed).
- cromwellian 9y agoYeah, you need a special permit now if you don't have a Chinese ID, even of you want to visit Koktokay, a recently added restriction. Our tourguide managed to hustle us in by promising he would bring us back to the gate upon leaving, proving that we had not crossed the border I guess. But he told us that was probably the last tour he ever does to Koktokay.