Kashghar 2

The next day we ate breakfast at a Pakistani restaurant which Omar had seen the night before. We met a bunch of friendly Pakistanis who worked in the fruit import and export business. After, since it was Sunday so we head out to the famed Kashghar Sunday Market, though it is open every day...just bigger on Sunday.There were lanes of all kinds of carpets, cloth, decorations, household goods etc in the market. The instruments that Andy tried were not up to the quality of what we had seen the day before, and I wasn't able to find the traditional clothing I had hoped to, but it was interesting to see, though perhaps a bit over hyped. We walked around for a while, then grabbed a ride back to the old part of town so we Andy and Omar could make their instrument purchases. I hung out for a while, then head out to the bazaar across from the Eid Ka Mosque. The lanes there were very interesting. There were some beautiful mosques and balconies, along with food vendors and people's homes. I wandered about for a while before returning to the tourist shops around the Eid Ka Mosque. I wandered them for a while before joining Andy and Omar. Andy was in the process of choosing having the instruments packed and figuring out the logistics of shipping them, with very little time left as we were taking off the next morning for some sightseeing outside of town. Omar had already made his choice and had a Naagara drum. I hung out as they played around and I joined a bit here and there. A funny little girl wandered into the shop. Every time the fan blew on her she would flinch. She didn't say much, but just watching her look at things and be curious and funny was very interesting. She sat down with me for a bit, before running off to new adventures.Mohammad was tireless and very excited as he ran around between customers making many sales that day, all the while taking care of Andy's needs too. Afterwards, we went to another beautiful restaurant, that featured some live Muqaam music. It was a real treat to check out. Omar had his drum, and the waiters and staff kept looking curiously and asking if he would play as the other musicians had finished and left. Omar started drumming and we both sang some songs. It was funny how quick we were surrounded by excited restaurant staff. It was a lot of fun to give them something to enjoy. The management got a little bugged, well one guy, so we stopped so as not to get them all in trouble. We finished our food, then played a few songs outside before heading back to the hotel where we ran into Musa, one of the Pakistani fruit import/exporters we met at the Pakistani cafe. Actually, helped us at the laundry next door as the guys were trying to explain what they wanted. He happened to be walking by and he helped us communicate in Uighar. We played some music for him and whoever else wanted to be woken up in the hotel, before going to sleep.