Pictures of Villages in Xinjiang, Western China

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

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Adobe settlement along the Karakoram highway Tajik woman with son in front of her yurt Tajik women in front of their tradtional yurt Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow 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 Corn field and a village Ladder, adobe house, and corn field near a river

Green corn fields near a river Corn field in Xinjiang Agricultural fields of Datong Adobe homes in western China Loaded donkey in Datong village Donkey carrying a load of hay Donkey in a holding pen in the village of Kusrap Door to a mosque in remote western China Tajik on horseback Tajik cowboy Vieled Uighur woman at Tashkurgan Young girl posing for photo in Tashkurgan Kids in Tashkurgan Tajik children along the Karakoram highway Tajik kids Tashkurgan with adjoining meadow Tajik mausoleum with a view of the Kunlun mountains Women talking along the road in Kusrap Man riding atop a load of sticks in Kusrap Yellow jackets on grapes in fruitstand in Kusrap

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