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Images of the Karakoram Highway in Xinjiang province, western China

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These " Images of the Karakoram Highway in Xinjiang province, western China " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.

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Grain storage toward along the Karakoram Highway



Tashkurgan fort in western China



Yak traffic on the Karakoram highway



Peaks surrounding Lake Karakal



Snow-capped mountains and glaciers near Karakul Lake in western China



Snow-capped peaks near Tashkurgan



Uighur women standing in front of their traditional yurt



Princess Castle, a ruined fort at Tashkurgan



Tashkurgan, a Silk Road staging post. Its Uighur name Stone Fortress or Stone Tower



Tajik tombs and cemetary



Camel standing in front of concrete yurts built bt the Chinese government



Tajik woman with son in front of her yurt



Tajik women in front of their tradtional yurt



Tajik on horseback



Tajik cowboy



Vieled Uighur woman at Tashkurgan



Young girl posing for photo in Tashkurgan



Kids in Tashkurgan





Adobe homes in western China



Abandoned government-built town in the desert of western China



Tajik adobe hut



Adobe settlement along the Karakoram highway



Karakoram Highway towards Tashkurgan



Three kids in Tashkorgan



Three kids in Tashkorgan



Three kids in Tashkorgan



Mountains and meadow outside Tashkurgan



Tomb as seen through a hole in a wall at Tashkurgan



Tashkurgan stone city in Xinjiang



Eagle statue in the center of Tashkurgan



National cultue and Art center in Tashkurgan



Sand cliffs along the Karakoram Highway leading towards Pakistan



Tajik children along the Karakoram highway



Tajik kids



Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow



Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow



Tashkurgan with adjoining meadow



Brick home along the Karakoram highway



Pamir plateau mountains



Muztag Ata reflected in a turquoise lake



Snow-capped peaks and glaciers in western China



Pamir plateau mountains in Xinjiang



Muztagh Ata Peak, Pamir, 7546m



Muztaga peak as seen from the Karakoram highway



Snow covered mountains near Muzagata Peak



Light colored mountains






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