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Lake Karakul photos, Xinjiang

These " Lake Karakul photos, Xinjiang " were taken during my 2006 trip to China.

Peaks surrounding Karakal Lake

Snow-capped mountains and glaciers behind Karakul Lake

Lake near Lake Karakul as seen from the Karakoram highway

Solar-powered yurt in western China

Tajik women in front of their yurt at Lake Karakol

Tajik elder

Uighur woman in front of her yurt

Traditional animal-skin yurt

Young Tajik man

Peaks surrounding Lake Karakal

Snow-capped mountains and glaciers near Karakul Lake in western China

Tajik woman with son in front of her yurt

Uighur horsemen on a plain at the foot of Kongur montain

Uygur boy on horseback at Karakul Lake

Traditional yurts near Lake Karakul

Camel and goats in front of a traditional yurt near Lake Karakul

Uighur woman in front of her Lake Karakul yurt

Uyger woman offering jewelry for sale

Goats in front of a yurt

Tajik women in front of their tradtional yurt

Tajik on horseback

Tajik woman walking with goods for sale

Father and son on horseback on the shore of Lake Karakul

New-style yurts constructed of concrete and painted white

Camel and yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol

Camel in Xinjiang

Yak in China

Lake Karakol, meaning "black lake" in Tajik

Tajik cowboy

Camel standing in front of concrete yurts built bt the Chinese government

Uighur women standing in front of their traditional yurt

Yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol

Rocky hut

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