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Tashkurgan fort in western China

(China)


Traditional animal-skin yurt

(China)


Brick home along the Karakoram highway

(China)


Tajik tombs and cemetary

(China)


Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in western China

(China)


Traditional yurts near Lake Karakul

(China)


Yurts in western China

(China)


Rocky hut

(China)


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

(China)


New-style yurts constructed of concrete and painted white

(China)


Tajik temple

(China)


Yurts with Pamir mountains in the background

(China)


Modern yurts dot a grassy meadow in Tashkurgan

(China)


Mosque near Tashkurgan fort

(China)


Adobe homes in western China

(China)


Mausoleum near the ruined fort in Tashkurgan

(China)

Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House

(Australia)


Ruins at Tashkurgan fort

(China)


Solar-powered yurt in western China

(China)


Tashkurgan fort; an important silk road trading point

(China)


Tomb near Tashkurgan fort

(China)


Tajik Mausoleum in Tashkurgan

(China)


View of meadow and yurts from atop Tashkurgan castle

(China)


Uighur women standing in front of their traditional yurt

(China)

Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House

(Australia)


Tajik homes outside of Tashkurgan

(China)


Yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol

(China)


Princess Castle; a ruined fort at Tashkurgan

(China)


Kyrgyz settlement along the Karakoram highway

(China)


Grain storage toward along the Karakoram Highway

(China)


Church in central plaza of Leticia


Jewish temple



Tajik woman standing at the base of Tashkurgan fort

(China)


Adobe home

(China)


Line of modern yurts in Xinjiang

(China)


Mausoleum in Tashkurgan; near the ruined fort

(China)


City mosque



Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in China

(China)


Adobe and stone hut in western China

(China)


Adobe huts in the Pamir mountains

(China)


Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in western China

(China)


Mud hut in Tajik region of China

(China)


Mosque



Rock home along the Karakoram highway

(China)


Mosque in Tashkurgan

(China)


Old blue shed

(China)


Solar-powered stone house in remote China

(China)


Uyger home constructed of stones

(China)


Line of modern yurts in western China

(China)


Interior of a yurt

(China)


Tajik burial temple

(China)


Turquoise doors in Tashkurgan

(China)


New yurts

(China)


Lake Karakol yurt

(China)


Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in Xinjiang

(China)


Modern yurts constructed by the Chinese government

(China)


Tashkurgan; as seen from the ruined Princess castle

(China)


Stone home near Lake Karakol

(China)


Santader statue in Leticia


Interior of a yurt near Lake Karakul

(China)


Wind power in a remote Tajik village

(China)

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