The flight from Urumqi took about 2 hours. Above, you see the snack that was provided in flight. Those biscuits were so addicitive. I finished off the whole pack.

Upon arrival at Kashgar Airport, this was what we saw. Do not adjust your screen. That is dust that you are looking at.

Our local guide was a jovial guy called Mohammed. He told us that we had arrived a day after a big dust storm. If this was better, I’d hate to imagine what it was like during the storm.

This was about 9pm. If you are wondering why it’s still so bright, even though it’s summer time, it’s because China has only one time zone despite being almost as wide as Australia. In comparison, Australia has three time zones. So technically, Kashgar’s real time is about 7pm. The official time is whatever time Beijing is at and is called Beijing time. For prayer purposes however, the Uighur follow the local real time.

Kashgar’s foot and vehical traffic is uber chaotic.

As it was already late, once we’d checked into our hotel, I washed up and went to bed. For our 1-day tour of Kashgar the next day, we would be visiting the biggest mosque in China, Id Kah Mosque, the tomb of Abakh Khoja, an ancient Uigher ruler, and huge market/bazaar. Lotsa photos.