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Any Travelmos Or NOWAGS Been To Turpan?
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Date: August 20th, 2018 12:21 AM Author: Swashbuckling hominid home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36646802) |
Date: August 20th, 2018 6:07 AM Author: Mind-boggling space immigrant 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: curious dilemma mother 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: salmon philosopher-king '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: curious dilemma mother 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: Ebony juggernaut step-uncle's house 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: Mind-boggling space immigrant 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: salmon philosopher-king 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: Mind-boggling space immigrant 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: salmon philosopher-king 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: Swashbuckling hominid home 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: gold zippy quadroon 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: Swashbuckling hominid home 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: Swashbuckling hominid home 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: salmon philosopher-king 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: Swashbuckling hominid home 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: Ebony juggernaut step-uncle's house 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: geriatric comical spot goyim (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: Spruce soul-stirring love of her life 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: Swashbuckling hominid home 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: Spruce soul-stirring love of her life 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: Swashbuckling hominid home 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: Spruce soul-stirring love of her life 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: Swashbuckling hominid home 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: Spruce soul-stirring love of her life 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: Swashbuckling hominid home 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: Spruce soul-stirring love of her life 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: Swashbuckling hominid home 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: Swashbuckling hominid home 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: Spruce soul-stirring love of her life "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: Swashbuckling hominid home ? (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: Spruce soul-stirring love of her life 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: Burgundy Razzmatazz Hissy Fit 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: Spruce soul-stirring love of her life 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: Swashbuckling hominid home 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: Burgundy Razzmatazz Hissy Fit 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: Swashbuckling hominid home Just got a new one. Expired. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4055911&forum_id=2#36663230) |