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Photos of Tashkurgan in Xinjiang, Western China

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These " Photos of Tashkurgan in Xinjiang, Western China " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.

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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



Tajik woman sitting on a bench in front of a shuttered window in Tashkurgan



Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow in western China



Snow-capped peaks near Tashkurgan



Vieled Uighur woman at Tashkurgan



Young girl posing for photo in Tashkurgan



Kids in Tashkurgan



Tajik children along the Karakoram highway



Tajik kids



Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow





View of meadow and yurts from atop Tashkurgan castle



Mosque near Tashkurgan fort



Tajik Mausoleum in Tashkurgan



Mausoleum near the ruined fort in Tashkurgan



Tajik homes outside of Tashkurgan



Three kids in Tashkorgan



Princess Castle, a ruined fort at Tashkurgan



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



Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow



Tashkurgan with adjoining meadow



Tajik tombs and cemetary



Yak traffic on the Karakoram highway



Three kids in Tashkorgan



Wall at Tashkurgan fort



Tashkorgan stone city



Wall at the ruined Tashkurgan castle



Ruins of Tashkurgan



Wall at the Tashkurgan Stone City



Tashkorgan stone city



Three kids in Tashkorgan



Three kids in Tashkorgan



Tashkurgan fort in western China



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






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