Lake Karakul photos, Xinjiang

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These " Lake Karakul photos, Xinjiang " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.

Peaks surrounding Karakal Lake Snow-capped mountains and glaciers behind Karakul Lake Lake near Lake Karakul as seen from the Karakoram highway Solar-powered yurt in western China Tajik women in front of their yurt at Lake Karakol Tajik elder Uighur woman in front of her yurt Traditional animal-skin yurt Young Tajik man Peaks surrounding Lake Karakal Snow-capped mountains and glaciers near Karakul Lake in western China Tajik woman with son in front of her yurt Uighur horsemen on a plain at the foot of Kongur montain

Uygur boy on horseback at Karakul Lake Traditional yurts near Lake Karakul Camel and goats in front of a traditional yurt near Lake Karakul Uighur woman in front of her Lake Karakul yurt Uyger woman offering jewelry for sale Goats in front of a yurt Tajik women in front of their tradtional yurt Tajik on horseback Tajik woman walking with goods for sale Father and son on horseback on the shore of Lake Karakul New-style yurts constructed of concrete and painted white Camel and yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol Camel in Xinjiang Yak in China Lake Karakol, meaning "black lake" in Tajik Tajik cowboy Camel standing in front of concrete yurts built bt the Chinese government Uighur women standing in front of their traditional yurt Yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol Rocky hut