A foreign traveler's diary: late-night stroll through the ancient city of Kashi

At night, the ancient city of Kashi shed the bustle of the day. Natalia Alenkina from Kyrgyzstan wandered alone through its alleys — no guidebook, no rush, just stopping here and there: touching the earthen walls along the way, watching the play of light and shadow under the warm glow of streetlamps, and listening to the distant, faint clang of a blacksmith’s hammer from somewhere down the lane.

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