Kashgar would like to thank you all for your continued support and wish you all a safe and happy festive season. See you in 2009!

Every year we here at Kashgar witness the Great Shopping Debacle that is Christmas and all the trauma it entails.  What we have discovered after many years behind the counter serving our customers is that most of the stress associated with the festive season is self inflicted.  What this means is that with a little bit of forward planning, it can be avoided completely:

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The theme of the shoot was Kashgar: Always Different!  And we certainly seemed to nail the concept...

This is not designed to be the last word on travelling, just a few pointers that I've discovered are absolutely fundamental to the art of travelling well.

This glossary is by no means complete, accurate or even very good.  It's just my take on the reality of travel in the modern world and some of the more interesting words, situations and things you'll come across out there along the way.  And it makes absolutely no difference whether you're staying in a 6 star paradise or a zero-star shithole either - travel through Asia and for better or for worse, sooner or later you'll come across every one of them...