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Kashgar Animal Market Video: An Unusual Slice of China in Full Motion


 Filed Under:  China, Food, Travel, Videos by Daniel Noll

I sat down today to sift through our video footage from China with the intent of making a Chinese market video; I barely made it past the town of Kashgar (Xinjiang). What an incredible place.

Buried in the footage, I laughed my way through a procession of wooly camels, stubborn donkeys, cowboys and sheep at the old world Sunday livestock market.

As I watched the clips, I felt transported to another place, to another era. It’s not just my nostalgia for the road; Kashgar is truly special – an unusual little slice of an old and quickly fading world encroached upon by ever more development.

Rumination about Kashgar’s future aside, enjoy its present…you’ll get a glimpse into its past, too.



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Posted by:  Daniel Noll on October 16th, 2008
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2 Comments to: “Kashgar Animal Market Video: An Unusual Slice of China in Full Motion”

  1. 1
    Pete De Ritter says:
    October 16th, 2008 at 8:17 pm

    A great video. Hope all is well with you guys.

  2. 2
    Daniel Noll says:
    October 24th, 2008 at 3:49 am

    Pete: Thanks. We are doing well, currently making our way through the Estonia and forever trying to catch up on writing and photos from our Asia trip. Burma to India up next.

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