Intern in Tashkurgan

Travel Permit

You guys must be surprised after looked at the title. What?

Yeah, I got a job, an intern job working at K2 Youth Hostel. Amazing, right?

Since the day I arrived at Tashkurgan was October 1st, which was the national holiday of China. 1.3 billion Chinese would take a 7 days off. No more work, what they might do during this week? Travel! Every tourist attraction was crowded and there's no questions about it.

Then, I thought if I went back to Kashgar, there would be so crowded. I hated places crowded with people, which made me feel uncomfortable. I enjoy quite places so why not stay at this small county? This new hostel just need some volunteer to do some translation works for foreigner customers. Anyway, I got that job.

Basically, there were only two staff working here who were my boss-Jie Jiao, boss's college-roommate-Tuan Zhang and me. They were so nice, we got along quite well. Main part of my job was dealing with foreigner customers. Luckily, I can speak fluent English, which was not a big deal for me. Except finished the front desk work, I also needed to clean rooms sometimes. There was one time,Tajik wedding. I witnessed Tajik's eagle dance and fell in love with that sounds. I could remember the time my boss and I we rode bikes in the town; went to the border of China and Pakistan, and the last day Tuan Zhang didn't want me to leave.  Those memories I would never forget.

China & Pakistan's border

Border sign

Gold Grass Land, Tashkurgan

Ride bikes 

Last day in K2

You could imagine, that youth hostel was a start-up, without any experiences. Three young men full of passions wanted to get this done perfectly.  I have worked there for one week, which was one of my best times in my life. That feeling was so great.

Here's a short video, which I took during the Tajik Wedding. (Eagle Dance)