Warning: Kashgar New Land International Travel Services
Just as word of warning for anyone considering crossing China with Kashgar New Land International Travel Services. Make sure you are certain you are going to go with them before you pay the 'refundable' deposit. They (Ablimit and another employee who my partner dealt with) will tell you you'll get US$250 back if you have to cancel the trip but this is not true. After my partner and I sent about 15 emails over the last two months, both employees have stopped replying and refuse to acknowledge us. This exact situation happened this year to a fellow overlander who we've just met coming from Europe/Iran towards Asia who had to cancel his trip due to Turkmenistan visa problems (same reason we had to cancel but for us it was the Chinese visa). For both of our parties, attempting to go through China was just one giant, long, fruitless, expensive nightmare and going the southern way through Quetta and into Iran has so far been great. (make sure you do the Karakoram anyway if in Pakistan - so good). You might just want to consider your options before deciding your route from Asia to Europe!
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