Minorities

The Kazakhs

 The two hump Bactrain camel that is only found in Gobi desert and the desrts of Central Asia. They are smaller than their Arabian counterparts.

 Most if not all of the minorities use the yurt as dwelling places.

 The Hui

 The Tajiks

These and a few more form the majority of the minorities in Xinjiang. The province of Xinjiang borders eight different countries. We met a guy from Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and there were a few Pakistani traders in our hotel.It looked like the whole of Central Asia is in Xinjiang. One night as we were having dinner at the night market, we shared a table with some Han people. They were really nice when they realised we were actually foreigners. They shared their food with us, it was so unexpected. We told them we are Americans. The guy said, he's never seen an American banknote before. I showed him a dollar note and gave it to him as a gift. He was going to give me ten yuan for it. Of course I refused. It was a very pleasant conversational exchange.