Karakoram Highway photos

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These " Karakoram Highway photos " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.

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Tajik village along road to Datong Leaving the Karakoram Highway High elevation grassland near the Karakoram highway Wetland in a Pamir mountain pass Karakoram highway with a turquoise lake in the background Mountain peak on the Pamir Plateau Mountain peak near the China-Tajikistan border region Ash-covered hills in western China Western China mountains Mountain pass in western China Mountains in Xinjiang Wetland in western China Powerline running through remote western China

Roadside stalls near a passport control point on the Karakoram highway Truck transporting coal in western China Colorful doors in Tashkorgan Main drive in Tashkurgan Three kids in Tashkorgan Three kids in Tashkorgan Wall at the stone city in western China School in Tashkorgan Two girls sitting along the Karakoram highway Goats feeding in front of Kumtagh sand mountains in western China Kyrgyz settlement along the Karakoram highway Yurts in western China Government-constructed homes, since abandoned, in a western China desert Government-constructed village on a sand desert in western China Tajik home along a highway in western China Yurts on a plain Tajik mud hut Tajik cemetary (tombs) in western China Tajik cemetary in Xinjiang Kyrgyz or Tajik girl at a roadside stall near a passport control point on the Karakoram highway

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