Roads

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Roads : Dirt road in Xinjiang Road in Xinjiang Western Xinjiang road Girl working at a stand near a passport checkpoint on the Karakoram highway Chinese girl and boy working at a stand near a passport checkpoint on the Karakoram highway Karakoram highway Karakoram Highway as it passes near Lake Karakol Road running under unstable sand cliffs in China Corn field and home along the Yangtze Road leadiing out of the upper Mekong valley toward Dechen High elevation valley in NW Yunnan Narrow roads in Tibetan Yunnan Bridge in western China Western Xinjiang road 4-wheel drive in western China Road from Datong to Kusrap Extremely rough road in western China Rocky road along a river in the Kunlun mountains Yak traffic on the Karakoram highway Men in a donkey cart crossing a desert road Grain storage toward along the Karakoram Highway Karakoram Highway towards Tashkurgan Bridge over the Yangtze river in NW Yunnan Province Road to Deqin Car accident in China The treacherous road to Datong Solar array in remote western China Dangerous overhang in China Sloping mountains Bridge on the road to Datong Road away from Datong Coal truck in the Kunlun mountains Uighur man using mule power Truck transporting coal in western China Tajik family walking along a dusty road Bridge on the way to Datong Woman leading a donkey across a road near Datong Mother and children in the back of a cart The road through an oasis town near Yarkand Uighur men sitting atop a bale of hay in the back of a tractor Loading cattle into a pickup truck Main drive in Tashkurgan Karakoram Highway leading out of Tashkurgan Leaving the Karakoram Highway Road to Datong Dusty road towards Datong Rocky road towards Datong Road leading out of Kashgar towards the Karakoram Highway Man sitting atop a pile of sticks while driving a donkey Rockslide across the Karakoram highway in China Truck in a gravel bed along the Karakoram highway Sandy cliffs along the Karakoram highway in western China Karakoram Highway Karakoram Highway towards Pakistan Karakoram Highway towards Pakistan Truck barrelling down on us in western China 4-wheel drive is needed on these roads in Xinjiang The rough road towards Datong