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Any Travelmos Or NOWAGS Been To Turpan?
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Date: August 20th, 2018 12:21 AM Author: free-loading parlor (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36646802) |
Date: August 20th, 2018 6:07 AM Author: Stubborn community account never even heard of it but it looks like they have some cool shit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36647229) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 6:19 AM Author: fragrant native fortuitous meteor Never even heard of this city. Looks like the kind of place that's interesting on paper but you go and it's just 3 things and a bunch of shit. I haven't done anything on the silk road despite being interested in it |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 6:19 AM Author: Racy idea he suggested 'Stans are 180000, do it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36647253) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 6:26 AM Author: fragrant native fortuitous meteor It's just so fucking far and I'm going to be pissed as shit if its a couple of minarets and dust.
I can imagine going to Kazakhstan with a few days in Uzbekistan though in the future |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 6:28 AM Author: Costumed reading party uzbekistan looks cool as fuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36647269) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 6:45 AM Author: Stubborn community account has some awesome stuff to see and very much worth a visit, although the whole country smells of fried mutton fat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36647293) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 6:29 AM Author: Racy idea he suggested For sure go to Astana and Almaty, then do Tashkent-Samarkand-Bukhara-Khiva-Nukus/Moynoq and fly back to Tashkent. Realistically almost all the silk road stuff you want to see is in Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan is weird as fuck and has some cool stuff but isn't essential. Kyrgyzstan is the wildest of those four and also worth seeing, but not essential. Didn't make it to Tajikistan because it's unstable and ISIS posts up there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36647270) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 6:46 AM Author: Stubborn community account I’m determined to see Turkmenistan for the weirdness and that big burning hole (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36647296) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 6:47 AM Author: Racy idea he suggested The big burning hole is very cool and Ashgabat is weird as fuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36647297) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 12:17 PM Author: free-loading parlor i thought ashgabat was 180 because it was weird as fuck. like dprk weirdness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36648348) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 1:14 PM Author: Marvelous institution marketing idea How was Samarkand? On my to do list before I die. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36663322) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 2:41 PM Author: free-loading parlor samarkand is 180. bukhara and khiva are perhaps better in some ways bc the sites are all in an old city whereas they're spread out in a modern city in samarqand. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36663991) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 12:18 PM Author: free-loading parlor it's one of the major silk road stops in china (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36648351) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 6:19 AM Author: Racy idea he suggested how do you even get there? Fly to Urumqi then train/bus? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36647251) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 12:18 PM Author: free-loading parlor that or fly directly from other cities even too (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36648349) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 6:26 AM Author: Costumed reading party PDDJ moistening panties as she mishears she'll be going to "Turban" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36647266) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 3:11 PM Author: lascivious mediation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36649532) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 3:08 PM Author: Greedy crimson step-uncle's house There is high speed rail now. Like 59 mins from Urumqi. There was a deserted archeological site, forgot name, but really liked it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36649515) |
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Date: August 20th, 2018 3:10 PM Author: free-loading parlor What else did you like there? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36649522) |
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Date: August 21st, 2018 8:47 PM Author: Greedy crimson step-uncle's house Good easygoing general atmosphere walking down ordinary alleys. Looked like Afghanistan.
Eating lamb at the night market.
Went to the Buddhist caves but most paintings had been taken by Germans and lost in the bombing of Berlin.
Also interesting to look and compare the security situation to Urumqi where there are a pair of guards stationed every 100 meters. In Turpan you almost didn't see any heightened security. |
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Date: August 21st, 2018 8:56 PM Author: free-loading parlor have u been to kashgar?
how long ago did u go? are mainland tourists plaguing the place? |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 11:31 AM Author: Greedy crimson step-uncle's house Didn't go to Kashgar because I'm on the cautious side. There weren't many tourists in Turpan. I was in Urumqi/Turpan for 4 days. You can add Dunhuang which is a stop on the same high speed line as Urumqi/Turpan. Skip Hami. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36662572) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 1:04 PM Author: free-loading parlor What did you like in dun Hong ? Message boards say turban is more interesting. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36663253) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 1:30 PM Author: Greedy crimson step-uncle's house The grottoes are nice to see and easy to get to from Turpan but it is more of a regular mass tourism attraction. I agree Turpan for the atmosphere alone was very interesting and worth it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36663427) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 2:41 PM Author: free-loading parlor eh, ive seen grottos elsewhere.
all the sites in turpan have mediocre reviews on tripadvisor from whiteys complaining about them being disney-fied. did you go a long time ago?
the main sites seem to be the karez well system which looks kinda cool, the jaohue ruins which just look like a pile of rocks to me, the flaming mountains which look like what you can see in arizona, and a minaret which i've seen plenty of. i dunno, is turpan that cool? |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 8:47 PM Author: Greedy crimson step-uncle's house You are overthinking it, just go. Really can't figure out also how that place could be disney-fied. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36666625) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 9:19 PM Author: free-loading parlor they sell tickets to see the flaming mountains which u can see from the highway, and they have these stupid statues in the desert: https://www.topchinatravel.com/pic/city/turpan/attractions/The-Flaming-Mountains-2.jpg
http://www.china-tour.net/userfiles/attractions/Xinjiang/flame_mountain/flame_mountain_2.jpg
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/4f/99/f8/flaming-mountains-huoyan.jpg |
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Date: August 23rd, 2018 4:38 PM Author: free-loading parlor https://www.lostwithpurpose.com/why-we-didnt-like-traveling-in-xinjiang-china/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36672726) |
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Date: August 24th, 2018 9:53 AM Author: Greedy crimson step-uncle's house "Rumor has it that the local Uyghur population is usually very kind, but our experience was different. We never felt particularly welcome walking around Uyghur neighborhoods. In the true old town of Kashgar, no one would respond to our greetings. People in Tuyoq Valley refused us entry into streets and shrines with cold stares. When hunting for lunch options in Kuche, people just glared at us as we moved towards places to sit, not turning around until we had grown uncomfortable and moved on."
So it's like Israel? |
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Date: August 24th, 2018 11:44 AM Author: free-loading parlor ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36677511) |
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Date: August 24th, 2018 12:15 PM Author: Greedy crimson step-uncle's house Israeli backpackers are generally rude and I've heard that people definitely aren't courteous in Israel. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36677743) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 11:33 AM Author: Ocher internet-worthy coffee pot LOL at going to Xinjiang in 2018 as an American. Good luck bro! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36662582) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 11:35 AM Author: Greedy crimson step-uncle's house It's a huge province. The North is safe while the South has/had an insurgency. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36662589) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 12:00 PM Author: free-loading parlor why? western tourists go there all the time. i'd have much harder luck if i was some mus bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36662770) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 12:38 PM Author: Ocher internet-worthy coffee pot Don't you have a bunch of musbro country stamps on your passport? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36663061) |
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Date: August 22nd, 2018 1:01 PM Author: free-loading parlor Just got a new one. Expired. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36663230) |