Today was a fairly easy 500k’s on a mixture of good roads and expressway from Hotan to Kashgar through a mixture of Desert and Oasis.
Ever since we have been following the edge of the desert we have been crossing both rivers and irrigation channels with mind-boggling amounts of water flowing down at incredible rates. Some of this water is used for the intensive farming we have driven past in the last 2 days we have driven. This is the end of the growing season with all crops getting harvested as winter approaches, not much water being used for irrigation at the moment I guess it’s flowing out in to the desert to either evaporate or soak in and help replenish the water table.
One of the main crops today after Walnuts was Cotton. This is grown in the usual Central Asian way of fairly poorly then all hand harvested.
On our arrival in Kashgar we checked in to our home for the next 3 nights.In this hotel we have seen more European tourist in one night then we nave seen since entering China 20 days ago.
After a cool drink we checked our gearbox repairs from yesterday as well as finishing the service and check the was interrupted by the gearbox problem yesterday. I’m very happy to report that at this point in time all is well with Penny.
The day was finished of with Reg, Mitchell and I walking the streets and found a food market for some chicken legs, fish, and little dumpling things topped of with cool Watermelon for desert.
The end of dinner saw me retiring back to my room to henpeck out todays blog before bed tonight.
Penny
Good morning to you both, my early morning treat is coffee and my adventure with Penny and “The Boys” !
It sounds like a good book. Penny and her adventures with the Boy Scouts?
Anyhow I just love being along on the trip with you as you have put so much info and photos in your Blog that I really feel part of the adventure. Long may it last! I do envy you all the trip and of course to bag full of memories. Seeing is believing. Lucky you. Regards Penny