China photos: xinjiang

[last updated 27-Nov-2015] Below is a collection of photos taken in China. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler

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Rocky road along a river in the Kunlun mountains

Turquoise pond in the Kunlun mountains

Mosque on the road to Kusrap village

Boy near a mosque on the road to Kusrap

Boy running in village near Kusrap

Girl in Pink in village near Kusrap

Donkey in a holding pen in the village of Kusrap

Kids on the main road through Kusrap

Women walking in Kusrap

Painted door in Kusrap

Tajik Muslims in Kusrap

Muslim men with prayer mats in Kusrap

Muslim men in Kusrap

Man in Kusrap

School kids in Kusrap

Arabic sign on a wall in Kusrap, China

Kusrap Muslims

Kusrap man

Muslim man in Kusrap

Schoolgirl in Kusrap

Husband and wife doing house work in Kusrap

Couple in Kusrap

Outskirts of Kusrap

Leaving Kusrap for Yarkand

Valley leading out of Kusrap

The road out of Kusrap

Coal truck in the Kunlun mountains

Uighur man using mule power

Sand cliffs in western China

Chinese girl and boy working at a stand near a passport checkpoint on the Karakoram highway

Peaks above the Karakoram highway

Two girls sitting along the Karakoram highway

Goats feeding in front of Kumtagh sand mountains in western China

Sand mountains of Xinjiang

High elevation grassland near the Karakoram highway

Mountains near a high elevation wetland in Xinjiang

High elevation wetland near the Karakoram highway

Rocky Tajik home near a high elevation grassland

High elevation creek near the Karakoram highway

High elevation waterway near the Karakoram highway

Wetland in a pass in the Pamir mountains

Wetland in a Pamir mountain pass

Pass in the Pamir mountains in western China

Pass in the Pamirs in western China

Marshy pass in the Pamir mountains in Xinjiang

Marshy pass on the Pamir Plateau in western China

Sand covered mountains on the Pamir plateau

Karakoram highway

Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in western China

Sand dune in a mountains pass on the Chinese Pamir Plateau

Sand dune in the Pamir mountains in western China

Rocky mountains along the the Karakoram highway

Truck overturned on a mountain road in Xinjiang

Pamir plateau mountains in Xinjiang

Young Tajik man

Tajik woman walking with goods for sale

Lake Karakol, meaning "black lake" in Tajik

Tajik woman with son in front of her yurt

Camel in Xinjiang

Tajik women in front of their tradtional yurt

Solar-powered yurt in western China

Tajik on horseback

Yak in China

New-style yurts constructed of concrete and painted white

Chinese rodent in Xinjiang

Tajik cowboy

Lake with Muztag Ata in the background

Karakoram highway with a turquoise lake in the background

Karakoram Highway as it passes near Lake Karakol

Truck transporting coal in western China

Pamir plateau landscape

Glaciers in western China

Glaciers in the Pamir mountains

Karakoram highway as it winds through the Pamir mountains

High mountain peak in the Pamir mountains

Mountain peak on the Pamir Plateau

Mountain peak near the China-Tajikistan border region

Tajik temple

Princess Castle, a ruined fort at Tashkurgan

View of meadow and yurts from atop Tashkurgan castle

Modern yurts dot a grassy meadow in Tashkurgan

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

Yurts in Tashkurgan meadow

Tashkurgan with adjoining meadow

Ruins at Tashkurgan fort

Mosque near Tashkurgan fort

Tajik Mausoleum in Tashkurgan

Vieled Uighur woman at Tashkurgan

Mausoleum near the ruined fort in Tashkurgan

Three Tajik men walking in Tashkurgan

Young girl posing for photo in Tashkurgan

Kids in Tashkurgan

Moon at sunset above Tashkorgan

Sun glinting off a snowy peak above Tashkurgan

Man with a sickle and a donkey

Tajik children along the Karakoram highway

Yak traffic on the Karakoram highway

Tajik tombs and cemetery

Muztag ata (Muztaghata) peak seen from the outskirts of Tashkurgan

Tajik homes outside of Tashkurgan

Muztagata seen from a distance to the southeast

Mountains on the road to Datong

Metal workers preparing for dam construction in China

Tajik men chatting on a road

Village in the remote Kunlun mountains

Group of Tajik men riding a tractor

Group of Tajiks riding a tractor

Tajik family walking along a dusty road

Colorful mausoleum

Tajik mausoleum with a view of the Kunlun mountains

Looking up Datong valley

Unknown lizard in western China

Tajik girls crossing a bridge

Tajik kids crossing a river by bridge

Road running under unstable sand cliffs in China

Tajik adobe huts in the Kunlun mountains

Colorful door on a Tajik structure

Bridge on the way to Datong

Tajik man with gold teeth

Woman leading a donkey across a road near Datong

Red flower in Datong

Black-and-white spider in western China

Home in Datong

Girl walking with her brother down the main street in Datong village

Kids in Datong village

Kids playing in the dust of a dirt road

Boy on a donkey

Mother, son, and hay-laden donkey

Tajik father and daughter

Loaded donkey in Datong village

Child standing in a doorway behind a motorcycle

Tajik women bringing a cow in from the field

Tajik women bringing a cow in for the evening

Tajik women coming in from the field

Tajik boy

Noisy donkey

Woman riding a donkey

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

Tajik boys playing in a sunflower field

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

Tajik boy tending to a patch of sunflowers

Kids in Datong

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

Donkey carrying a load of hay

Blue-green doorway in an adobe home

Man carrying an intertube along a muddy river in western China

Tajik village

Women in Kusrap

Blue-green doors

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