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kokoryko Says: What street scenes? Many bikes (as in other places of China, I guess), at the road crossings, The three masked women, selling watches, wallets, umbrellas, and other petty things and the Uygur (probably) man passing by, having a look. Notice the women wear gloves, they do not...
Look at all these different people!
kokoryko Says: Walking in the streets gives the opportunity to see the different people of this city; of course there is a majority of Han Chinese, but there are also Mongols, Uygurs, Tibetans, and probably others; but I am not able to make a difference between people, and if the Han are...
kokoryko Says: The riverbed of the Kongqi river flowing through Korla is fully artificial; the banks have been laid out that people can have a rest, just sitting, even going on small boats or playing in the gardens nearby.It was winter when I was there, and even during that season, there...
kokoryko Says: Like many places in central Asia, Korla has a lot to offer as it goes for dry fruits. As I sometimes was not in the mood for a lunch, I just walked to a place not far from the telecom building and bought some fruits; I am not afraid of high calories food, so, a bit nuts...
kokoryko Says: A dinner in open air, in the midst of thousands of smells and voices, helped to keep morale on rather high level in Korla. On a square, opposite the Telecom building, each evening, people install tables, chairs, barbecues and other cooking devices, and very soon the area is...
Bodun Restaurant: Central Asian food forever !
kokoryko Says: According to my Chinese colleagues it is one of the most famous restaurants in Korla; it is a muslim restaurant and you have to forget about wine or beer; without exaggeration the food is wonderful, and as you can see, the restaurant was crowded when I was there,...
Ah, I do not remember, but will show you where!: Chinese fondue
kokoryko Says: Stupid me, I forgot to take an outside picture of the restaurant, and forgot the name; it was to tell about Chinese Fondue, which I discovered in Korla (like so many other things I discovered during my stay here).I knew the Savoyarde, the Burgundy and other varieties of...
Green Apple restaurant: Dinner in the midst of the orchards
kokoryko Says: My Chinese colleagues insisted we have a dinner in that restaurant (Qing Gua or Green Apple) located a bit outside Korla in the middle of the fruit trees orchards. They even organised a sort of a special event with singers/dancers (from the restaurant) welcoming the host,...
l_joo Says: Our train ticket from Korla to ZhangYe is 95yuan each for hard seat normal speed train 22 hours total. This train goes pass many beautiful places in mostly big mountain range with vast landscape, very hot in the month of July when goes pass Turpan, most passengers on train...
l_joo Says: Picture is the train station's ticket office, the train station is opposite, not at the same place, but is only across the road, very easy. The bus station is at another location, you can take cab or take a local public bus there. I went to both bus and train to ask, at...
kokoryko Says: What to do on Sundays when you live in Korla ? Play billiard of course! On several places of the city, early morning or late afternoon, you can watch people playing billiard; there are all sorts of people playing billiard, ethnic Chinese, Uygurs, others, men and women. . . ....
kokoryko Says: Other people play with some sorts of “rackets” and a ball and make movements to keep the ball on their “pan”. Other have swords and play with the sword. I can imagine that in that sort of society and mentality collectivism (not necessarily in a bad sense) has a better chance...
kokoryko Says: This is a nice activity, you can practice from the day you can walk till the day your legs do not want anymore. . . Flying kites! It is a very popular activity here in Korla (and probably in all China), and it is nice to watch the kites in the sky and very interesting to...
kokoryko Says: 8:00 morning, I hear music from my hotel room; it comes from the big square in front. A short walk before breakfast. Lots of people are making collective gymnastics; several groups of 5 to 50 or more persons with or without music are keeping fit!! It is always strange for...
kokoryko Says: At the fringes of the desert you can still find life, before the emptiness; here is water, there are trees and in the sand, there are small bugs which are fun to watch at. And of course, there is the desert vessel, the camel! The ones here were in a paddock, where they have...
The fringes of the Takla Makan desert (1)
kokoryko Says: I was in Korla for my work, but being there and not going to the desert would have been a shame!! So I managed to convince my colleagues that it was very important for me to see the desert and to have a walk there.The Takla Makan is a very wide desert of about 340.000 square...
kokoryko Says: So, who is in the graves? I red in a Chinese guide about Sin Kiang that a princess and her lover are here; they are said to have died for freedom and love, princess Tzuohla of Yanqi kingdom and Tayi a simple shepherd; trying to escape the soldiers sent by the princess’s...
kokoryko Says: Tiemenguan means something like iron pass gorge; this place is a few kilometres north of Korla, and as it name tells it, is in the mountains. In ancient times it was an important point on the route from the North into the Tarim. The gorge is now occupied by a dam and its...
The red flag is still there and kids cannot escape
kokoryko Says: The red flag is still there and kids cannot escape “red education”Walking in the streets at noon makes discover things I would not have seen if aving unch in a restaurant; one day (which special day, I wanted to check, but I forget to ask my Chinese counterparts), there were...
l_joo Says: Here I saw a new modern Public Playground nearby the river in Korla city centre, though I don't know exactly its purpose but quite sure its for public to hang around kind of place. The architecture has some Disneyland feels on its rooftop, that's why I called it Public...
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The city is obviously in extreme high speed development, the picture says all. I came here by bus, on the way, I saw mostly rural areas and Uyghurs in...
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Korla was once an oasis on the northern branch of the silk road when it crossed the Takla Makan desert. Nothing seems to be left from the caravans times, and Korla is now a modern 300.000 inhabitants...
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Koo-Er-Lerh is the actual pronunciation of this city. I did not trace the origin of this word Korla, there are some websites you can find out. I read that Marco Pola was here and many attractions...
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Please forgive, actually, this is not Korla, this is somewhere close to Ku Che, but i didn't find the location at this site. The scene is fabulous there, especially, for the sunset, all those red...
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