Rumours confirmed. After eight hours, upon reaching korla, we were asked to board another bus. As we were the only ones going to kashgar the driver felt it was easier to pay another bus  that had seats available and then reach their end destination by a shortcut across the desert to hotan instead of the long way via kashgar. We had to wait for two hours but it was arranged smoothly after three police officers came and separated two guys using rocks in a fight.

Roads were not the Chinese style highways I expected. Only to korla, thereafter it was road under construction and we had some bumpy 20 hours. I had to limit the food and fluid intake for two reasons. Toilet visits were made each 4-6 hour and toilet standard where we stopped can easiest be described as terrible. In the places without buildings to hide in, the ground was covered with remains from earlier travelers….

Around midnight there was a longer stop and food could be bought.

Tags: bus, kashgar, korla