To my distinguished readers I apologize for not writing very much in Pakistan but the internet there was a real challenge, even for a patient person like me. Now in India I've finally come across an internet connection that is not too bad and I will try to catch up with the events of the last two weeks. I'll do it in different parts but prepare for some long ones. Food experiences in China. The last night in Kashgar a few of us decided to visit a restaurant w...

From having a fairly unexciting week leaving Kyrgyzstan and going through Western China, the last week has been quite the opposite. From the last night in Kashgar up untill now so many fun things have happened and the impressions have been many, and I will have problems remembering all. Unfortunately it will have to wait a few more days. However, I do have to say that Pakistan is just fantastic! People are so friendly, the food is great and the scenery is breat...

I thought I should say a few more words about Kashgar. The thing is that, even though I hadn't read up on Kashgar before coming here and still haven't, in fact, this has been a disappointing place. It is nice to have been here but that's it. The sights in Kashgar are the Mao statue, the mosque and the markets. The statue is... well, a statue and the mosque, in my opinion, looks better from the outside than inside. Inside there is a gray-looking garden and an ol...

Now I'm in the western part of China, in a city called Kashgar. It is hot here and fairly uninteresting and unfortunately we are going to stay here for the whole of four nights. We arrived late Thursday evening, after spending a whole day crossing the border from Kyrgyzstan to China. The officials at the border crossing were mostly friendly but because of the Olympics and all the tourists they have to check everything. So most of the day went to waiting. And here...

Just a short update of the past few uneventful days. The last day before I met my group I just hanged out with Bjorn-Inge and his friends. We just walked around in Bishkek and had icecream, which was very nice. Not much to see in Bishkek, a couple of statues and a museum (which I didn't enter). But it is nice to have been there. On Sunday I met up with the group that I was going to spend the next five weeks with (strange thought) and startet to get to know the...