Travel in Xinjiang: record a youth hostel I stayed in Kashgar and foreigners here.

This is a youth hostel where I live in Kashgar.

I will stay here every time I travel to this city.

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That's right. Stop. A youth hostel is different from a hotel. This is a very special place.

Its conditions are simple, with 8 beds in one room and guests from all over the world.

Friends who love to travel sleep under one roof here, carpool, eat, shop and travel together. Laugh and laugh all the way and write travel stories together.

I have been to so many places and lived in many youth tours. Only the travelers I met in Xinjiang are different. Each of them is a unique individual.

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According to my observation, foreigners seem to prefer to stay in youth hostels. Travelers from Japan, Singapore, Turkey and European countries meet here and speak English with various accents.

Their way of traveling is very different from ours. They are in no hurry to go shopping and take pictures. Most of the time, they just stay quietly.

They don't think it is blasphemy and waste to spend their travel time staring blankly in the chair of the inn.

Even if this trip didn't leave any images, I would still like to go to the city where others live-

This is probably the difference between Chinese and western ways of thinking.

They just sit there, reading books, and seldom play mobile phones. They sit there all day.

Or, they are keen to chat with friends from all over the world in the inn.

Chatting is also an important way for them to travel.

Foreign tourists visiting Xinjiang are not only young people, but also elderly uncles and aunts.

They will mail their riding equipment as far away as Wan Li, and then take their bags to wander.

When the inn is full, they will rent an open-air "leisure" seat, and then set up their own tent to make do for one night.

They can bear hardships, but they are happy.

Social life

Traveling in Xinjiang requires living in groups, half playing with scenery and half playing with people.

Although the conditions in youth hostels are simple, people often queue up to take a bath, but in this remote western frontier thousands of kilometers away from home, queuing, noise and crowding make people feel more secure and practical.

pamir

"Pamir" is a plateau 7000 meters above sea level on the ancient Silk Road. In ancient times, it was called Qingji, but in the language of Tajiks in Xinjiang, it was called "the roof of the world".

Around this mountain, there are several high mountains and several countries. It used to be 36 countries in the western regions. The Tang Priest passed by here for Buddhist scriptures and almost lost his life on the snowy mountain.

Kashgar is a small border town at the foot of Pamirs.

The above is probably the most basic purpose of the name "Pamir Youth Hostel".

The innkeeper is from Henan (it is said). I only met him once or twice, a man with long hair and a beard.

There is also an ancient city youth hostel on this street, which is also run by him.

The inn is located on the second floor of an Italian-style building on the side of Etiquette Square in the city center.

The hard decoration in the store is the original appearance of the building, and the soft decoration is arranged in a strong Uighur style. Beautiful murals, bright tables around and contrasting top decorations.

Opposite the inn is the Aitig Mosque, which is large in scale and famous, and its comprehensive strength is among the best in Xinjiang. There are tall trees around the temple. Even if you stand upstairs and look out, you can't see inside. But then I heard that this row of humble white huts, with domes outside, sold funeral supplies, similar to funeral homes.

As the saying goes, the sun and the sun set each other off. You see, it's such a special place opposite, but it's always sunny here.

Strangely, I travel to Kashgar every year and live here every year. In summer, the city of Kashgar is very hot, but I sleep in this small building, and I never need to turn on the air conditioner at night, which is very cool.

By the way, there is also a dog in the inn, which is a golden retriever and has been fattened by people who have stopped here from south to north. As a last resort, the boss had to post a notice: no feeding, dogs have their own food.

The trip to Xinjiang is still going on. Next stop: the market in Kashgar.

I'm Sister Dahong, the anchor of the audio radio travel channel, a professional traveler, focusing on minority games and sharing unpopular destinations. Travel is not an attitude, but life itself.