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英语作文my FavoriteMy favourite placein theworldTheyve travelledall overthe globebut ifthey couldreturn tojust onespecialplace whichwould itbe CarlWilkinson asked15of theworlds toptravel writerstochoose theirall-time favouritedestinationWhat appeals to meabout revisitingKhotan isthat it*s likejumping backin time,like goingback tothe stillheart sittingat thecentre ofAsia.Its a little-known oasiscity in themiddle ofnorth-west Chinawith theTaklimakan Desertto itsnorth.TheTaklimakan isthe deadliestdesert onearth-its namemeans onceyou goin you1never comeout.You haveto berather determinedto getto Khotan.Theres norailway.You havetoftake abus fromKashgar,which isseveral hundredmiles tothe north-west.It sbeenclosed toforeigners untilfairly recentlyand Ifirst wenta coupleof yearsago.It has a greathistory.It wason the2,000-year-old southernSilk RoadbetweenChina and the Westso ithasafeel ofancientness aboutit.You canwander offintothe deserton adays camelride and find ruinsandthetombs ofholy mensitting inthisvery strangeand verydead desert.They stillmanufacture hand-spun silkinthe old-fashioned way.You canwander aboutthe riversthat comedown fromtheTibetan plateauandfindjade inthem.The cityappealstome becauseit escapesany strongsense ofbelonging to aparticular nationor evento aparticular periodof history.It belongstoaworldwhen nationalboundaries andidentities didntreally exist,when peopleidentifiedthemselves moreby religionor cityor clan.Thats partof itsappeal.What Ithink yougain fromvisiting itis a sense ofproportion.The urgencyof theItsmodernis notpresent.You gainasenseof quietude.a multiculturalcityinthatits alittle bitChinese,alittlebit Indianand itsIslamic.The effectis ofamulti-layered citywhich isso ethnicallydiverse thatyou feellike youremeetingthe worldthere.•Colin Thubronis anaward-winning travelwriter andnovelist Hismost recentnovel,To TheLast CityChatto,tells ofa groupof travellersin Peru*********************MyfavouritecolumnistI do a sortof regularslot onSaturday morningson theAdrian Chilesshow onRadio

5.Ive referredbefore tomy annualjousts onit withYasmin Alibhai-Brown;the producersknow agood thingwhen theysee it,and haveus onthe lastprogrammeof theyear todoaround-up,knowing thatsparks will,as theysay,fly.；Anyway,the showhas beenoff theair fornearly twomonths forthe WorldCupand itsback onSaturday.Guess whoson withme.Yup,you gotit...for itis she.。