Tag: Xinjiang

 

Obviously, the pictured horse is not a “Merc”, I am sure that Mercedes is not its name, and there is no reason to believe that the rider’s other horse is a Porsche.

Still, I was greatly surprised to see a 3-star-branded steed.

When I took this photo we were only a few kilometres from Karakul Lake, in China’s northwestern corner, where several international borders are very much closer than is Beijing.

At 1.21 pm on 24 May 2024, I thought we were looking at one of a group of several nomadic/quasi-nomadic herders, and their horses.

However, I was puzzled by the apparent absence of sheep, goats or cattle…

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On 24 May 2024 we travelled from Tashkurgan (China’s westernmost substantial town) to Kashgar, aka “Kashi”.

For many centuries Kashgar – the third of our “expedition”’s three Ks – was a major hub on “The Silk Road”.

In the direction we drove, our route was the Karakoram Highway’s final 291 kilometres.

The Chinese section’s landscapes are generally less “vertiginous, on both sides” than are those along the Highway’s actually-Karakoram, Pakistan section.

From Tashkurgan through to Kashgar, vistas tend to be much wider, more likely to be rimmed by mountains rather than absolutely dominated by them.

Big mountains and glaciers are still abundant.

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