We left Kashgar as planned to travel to the border with Kyrgyzstan where we were to be met on the other side by a driver who had come all the way from Osh (5 hours or so) to meet us and drive us to Sary Tash. It took us over 8 hours in all to cross the border at Irkeshtam. We arrived just as the border closed for lunch and then when it opened the computer system broke down and no vehicles were allowed through. We eventually passed the Chinese side of the border and then had to wait to be given a lift in the cabs of two large trucks. There were huge lines of trucks waiting to get through the border and chaos on the narrow road between the two posts. Some photos attached will show you something of this and scenery on the way to the pass. The Chinese side of Irkeshtam is a disgrace and the Chinese authorities really need to clean up there act!
We eventually reached Sary Tash in Kyrgystan in the dark. More of this high remote settlement in the next post.
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