My adventure to Xinjiang began at Daegu Airport. I always have window seats when I travel but for this flight they only allowed seat selection at the check in and they had all gone. This is also the first time I have taken an international flight from Daegu airport (the last time was domestic to Jeju and Incheon).Gate 1 is sectioned off by a glass wall for international departures and has its own duty free shop, while gates 2 and 3 are for domestic flights. Since...

My adventure to Xinjiang began at Daegu Airport. I always have window seats when I travel but for this flight they only allowed seat selection at the check in and they had all gone. This is also the first time I have taken an international flight from Daegu airport (the last time was domestic to Jeju and Incheon). Gate 1 is sectioned off by a glass wall for international departures and has its own duty free shop, while gates 2 and 3 are for domestic flights. Sin...

During my first trip to China in 2010 I was surprised to see halal muslim restaurants all over Beijing and Shanghai with Arabic writing. These were indigenous chinese people, not arab migrants. This was even more pronounced in Xian which had a large muslim quarter, street bazaar playing turkic music, and chinese style pagoda mosque. I had no idea there were this many muslims in China.In Shanghai I had some freetime so was able to leave the tour and found a Xinjia...

During my first trip to China in 2010 I was surprised to see halal muslim restaurants all over Beijing and Shanghai with Arabic writing. These were indigenous chinese people, not arab migrants. This was even more pronounced in Xian which had a large muslim quarter, street bazaar playing turkic music, and chinese style pagoda mosque. I had no idea there were this many muslims in China. In Shanghai I had some freetime so was able to leave the tour and found a Xinji...

After the 12.5hr flight from Chicago to Tokyo I had a 2 hour wait before my final flight to Busan. The flight to Busan was an hour and forty minutes before waiting an hour for the Daegu bus which would be another 90 minutes, after which I'd have to take a 20 min taxi to eventually get me home.On the final descent into Busan the Captain made a startling announcement. There was a sudden weather change at Busan and we may have to return to Narita Tokyo!!! Hopefully,...