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Xinjiang Village Photos, Western China

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These " Xinjiang Village Photos, Western China " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.

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Yurts on a plain



Modern yurts in Tashkurgan meadow in western China



Tomatos and chili peppers in Tashkurgan



Yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol



Rocky hut



Modern yurts dot a grassy meadow in Tashkurgan



Ruins at Tashkurgan fort



Tomb near Tashkurgan fort



Yurts with Pamir mountains in the background



Sheep in Tashkorgan meadow



Father and son on horseback on the shore of Lake Karakul



Cultivated fields



Agricultural field in Datong village



Kyrgyz settlement along the Karakoram highway



Yurts in western China



Ducks



White ducks



Noisy donkey



Donkey carrying a load of hay in a Tajik village in China



Donkey in a stall in Kusrap



Mosque near Kusrap



Boy near a mosque on the road to Kusrap





Solar array in remote western China



Road away from Datong



Tajik woman walking with goods for sale



Karakoram Highway leading out of Tashkurgan



Moon at sunset above Tashkorgan



Sun glinting off a snowy peak above Tashkurgan



Three Tajik men walking in Tashkurgan



Man with a sickle and a donkey



Fields near Tashkurgan - seen from the Karakoram highway



Tajik tombs seen from the Karakoram Highway



Tajik cemetary



Tajik village along road to Datong



Tajik woman raking grain



Tajik village



Man in a camel-driven cart in Kusrap



Couple in a donkey-driven cart in Kusrap



Women in a donkey cart in Kusrap



Corn field in Xinjiang



Corn field in western China



Corn field in dry western China



Tajik family walking along a dusty road



Woman leading a donkey across a road near Datong



Tajik men chatting on a road



Tajik kids crossing a river by bridge



Tajik man with gold teeth



Kids playing in the dust of a dirt road



Mother, son, and hay-laden donkey



Tajik women bringing a cow in from the field



Tajik women coming in from the field



Tajik boy in an orange jacket standing in front of his stone home



Tajik boys tending to a patch of sunflowers while watching a yak



Tajik boy tending to a patch of sunflowers



Home in Datong



Tajik village



Colorful mausoleum



Yellow door to a adobe Tajik house






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