We were in Kyrgyzstan. Galen and I highfived with relief. Immediately, we noted, the people around us were more polite. Yet that did not make things better, at least, not immediately. Kyrgyzstan is poor, and we were in one of the poorest parts of the country. The few houses scattered across the empty landscape were …
And I ran, I ran so far away I just ran, I ran all night and day I couldn’t get away – Flock of Seagulls If you have not read our account of how we got to Wuqia, where we underwent border processing, check it out here to get some background on what …
Our journey to leave China began at the crack of dawn, six a.m. Xinjiang, eight a.m. Beijing. We piled out of our hotel quietly, trying not to attract police attention. The streets were deserted. A few taxis petered past us. We waited outside one of the bus stations where shared taxis gathered. The few cabs …