Pictures taken along the Karakoram Highway in Xinjiang, western China

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These " Pictures taken along the Karakoram Highway in Xinjiang, western China " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.

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Karakoram highway Peaks surrounding Karakal Lake Snow-capped mountains and glaciers behind Karakul Lake Lake near Lake Karakul as seen from the Karakoram highway Mountain peak near Tashkurgan Muztag ata as seen from Taskkurgan fort Mountain peak near Tashkurgan Muztagata seen from a distance to the southeast Mountains near Tashkurgan Sun setting on mountains east of Tashkorgan Solar-powered yurt in western China Traditional animal-skin yurt Traditional yurts near Lake Karakul New-style yurts constructed of concrete and painted white View of meadow and yurts from atop Tashkurgan castle Mosque near Tashkurgan fort

Uighur woman in front of her Lake Karakul yurt Uyger woman offering jewelry for sale Tajik woman sitting on a bench in front of a shuttered window in Tashkurgan Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow in western China Yaks being drive across a plain in western China Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in western China Pamir Mountains in Xinjiang Pass in the Pamir mountains Receding glacier in China Imposing mountains of the Pamir Plateau Village and mountains on road to Datong Fisheye view of mountains in Xinjiang near the Karakoram highway Glaciers near Muztaga peak Tajik Mausoleum in Tashkurgan Mausoleum near the ruined fort in Tashkurgan Tajik homes outside of Tashkurgan Uygur boy on horseback at Karakul Lake Goats in front of a yurt Camel and yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol Camel in Xinjiang Yak in China Tajik women in front of their yurt at Lake Karakol Tajik elder Uighur woman in front of her yurt Young Tajik man Camel and goats in front of a traditional yurt near Lake Karakul

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