Monday, May 13th, 2002
The team in the wilderness
With a full five-a-side compliment of players, ably managed by Abdulwali, our Uyghur fixer, the team that helped Rock the Kashgar set off into the wilderness for five days of kickabout and competition down the Southern Silky Skills Route…
Posted by Christian
Thursday, May 9th, 2002
We’re on a Road to Nowhere
The rolling ball gathers momentum as our travelling team swells for the toughest leg so far (see about us for the original home and away line up).
Location
The Taklamakan desert, (through Hotan, Niya, Korla and on to Turpan), apparently its name translates as: ‘you enter but no come out’
Posted by Phil
Thursday, May 9th, 2002
Hello everyone from Rob - the infamous Battersea Park football fouler.
I’m currently packing my bags to join Phil and Chris in Xiahe, near Lanzhou…
Posted by Rob
Monday, May 6th, 2002
Written by Gershon Portnoi
The evening of May 5 will be one few Kashgar locals ever forget after a dramatic night of football in the heart of the old city.
The teams at The Yumulakshahar
The football’s journey to Seoul continued at the Kashgar Colliseum, a gladiator-style pit arena where around 10 international travellers and many local children took part in an epic contest which would have graced the original Rome amphitheatre itself.
Posted by Christian
Monday, May 6th, 2002
The famous bazaar
Our goal in Kashgar was to visit the fabled Sunday market where local life gathers to meet, exchange, barter and haggle. People make long journeys from the outlying regions to attend the market, which echoes with the trading cries of Tajiks, Kyrgyz and Uyghurs.
Posted by Christian
Sunday, May 5th, 2002
A little tale of how Phil became The Pied Piper of Kashgar for a day
Phil leads the children, or are they following him?
On a particularly windy day in the desert, we decided to go for a walk to find an internet cafe which was rumoured to have a copy of Photoshop. I thought it would mean I could upload and edit some photos without the customary difficulties we’ve experienced here in China. It turned out to be another wild goose chase, but resulted in a charming incident in the backstreets of old Kashgar…
Posted by Christian
Thursday, May 2nd, 2002
The Ball arrives in China!
This was going to be a posting about some of our experiences in Almaty, but I’ve decided to skip writing about that for several reasons…
Posted by Christian
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