Photos of Yurts in Xinjiang, Western China

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

Traditional animal-skin yurt Traditional yurts near Lake Karakul Uighur woman in front of her yurt Camel and goats in front of a traditional yurt near Lake Karakul Uighur woman in front of her Lake Karakul yurt Camel and yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol Solar-powered yurt in western China Uighur women standing in front of their traditional yurt Yurts with Pamir mountains in the background Yurts in western China

New-style yurts constructed of concrete and painted white View of meadow and yurts from atop Tashkurgan castle Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in western China Tajik woman with son in front of her yurt Tajik women in front of their tradtional yurt Yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol Modern yurts dot a grassy meadow in Tashkurgan Tajik women in front of their yurt at Lake Karakol Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow in western China Goats in front of a yurt Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow Yurts on a plain Modern yurts in Tashkurgan meadow in western China

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