== Hitching Out=='''Kashgar''' or '''Kashi''' is an oasis city in the western part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in [[China]].
=== NORTH to Urumqi/Turpan or WEST to [[Irkeshtam Pass]] and [[Kyrgyzstan]] =Hitchhiking out ==
Take === North towards [[Urumqi]]/[[Turpan]], west towards [[Irkeshtam Pass]] and [[Kyrgyzstan]] === To the Irkeshtam Pass, The easiest way to to opt for a ride with a truck driver. If you start in Kashgar, take the number earliest (around 6am local time) shared taxi to Wuqia in Wuqia County (乌恰镇 乌恰县). In Uyghur language it's called Ulugqat (pronounced Uluk-chat). As of September 2023, the taxis depart [https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B029'30.5%22N+76%C2%B000'11.3%22E/@39.491811,76.0005731,17z/ 1.5 blocks south of the junction of Tianshan E Rd and Yingbin Blvd] and charge around 40-50 yuan per person. After 2 hours you will be half ways to the border, just hitchhike straight - try your luck with the huge white-container trucks. Another option is to take bus #2 going northwards north from the central mosque square. After going for about 15-20min 20 minutes along the main road north, the bus turns right to the airport, but your direction is straitget off here and continue straight on. From After the airport turn the road north becomes a highway and you can start hitching from here. The turn junction off for the [[IrkeshtamPass]] or and [[TorughartTorugart Pass]] border crossings in to crossing into [[Kyrgyzstan]] is another 20km 20 km further down the highway. GOOD LUCK == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}} {{IsIn|Xinjiang}}[[Category:)China]]