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January 2025

Travel, Xinjiang

The Lost City of Miran

Miran is a first millennium CE city, now in ruins. It is situated in the far southeastern corner of the Tarim Basin. The first European intrepid explorer to mention this city was Nicolai Prejevalsky after he saw it in 1876.   In March 1988, I saw the wall paintings, the Read more…

By Phyllis Wachob, 3 months ago
Travel, Xinjiang

Tushuk Tash or Shipton’s Arch

It is the highest natural arch in the world. Or is it? Even now, the remote arch, tucked away in the mountains northwest of Kashgar, is debated. As the widest arch, the longest and the most number of arches are claimed by the US in Arches National Park, could we Read more…

By Phyllis Wachob, 4 months ago
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