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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Boy peaking from behind a wall

Boy in red carrying dried cow manure paddy

Tajik woman walking near Kusrap

Little Tajik girl in Kusrap

Kids in Kusrap

Woman carrying water in Kusrap

Donkey in a stall in Kusrap

Group of women in Kusrap

Women with their children in Kusrap

Pigeons feeding on a grain bag in China

Muslim men leaving prayer at the mosque in Kusrap

Muslim returning home from the mosque with his prayer rug in hand

School children lined up in Kusrap

Kusrap women chatting

Husband and wife in Kusrap

Children in Kusrap

Man fixing a window in Kusrap while a woman standing below

Kusrap elder resting

Elder in the village of Kusrap

Truck carrying coal in western China

Mother and children in the back of a cart

The road through an oasis town near Yarkand

Mosque in Yarkand (China)

Uighur tomb in Yarkand

Tile mosiac tomb

Tiles at Altun Mosque

Uygur tomb

Men in a donkey cart crossing a desert road

Uighur men sitting atop a bale of hay in the back of a tractor

Loading cattle into a pickup truck

Kashgar central market

Shoemaker in Kashgar

Nut seller in Kashgar

Id Kah Mosque

Uygur man at the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar city

Uygur man and veiled women at the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar city

Mountains in western China

Tajik village along road to Datong

Government-constructed homes, since abandoned, in a western China desert

Government-constructed village on a sand desert in western China

Karakoram Highway

Ash-covered hills in western China

Western China mountains

Tajik home along a highway in western China

Yurts on a plain

Tajik mud hut

Tajik adobe hut

Tajik cemetery (tombs) in western China

Tajik cemetery in Xinjiang

Tajik kids

Tomatos and chili peppers in Tashkurgan

Mountains near Tashkurgan

Snow-capped mountains near Tashkurgan

Snow-capped peaks near Tashkurgan

Tashkurgan fort, an important silk road trading point

Modern yurts in Tashkurgan meadow in western China

Mountains and meadow outside Tashkurgan

Tomb near Tashkurgan fort

Wall at the ruined Tashkurgan castle

Ruins of Tashkurgan

Tomb as seen through a hole in a wall at Tashkurgan

Wall at the Tashkurgan Stone City

Wall at the stone city in western China

Tashkorgan stone city

Tashkurgan stone city in Xinjiang

School in Tashkorgan

Three kids in Tashkorgan

Sheep in Tashkorgan meadow

Yurts with Pamir mountains in the background

Sun setting on mountains east of Tashkorgan

Cattle grazing in a meadow in Tashkorgan

Colorful doors in Tashkorgan

Eagle statue in the center of Tashkurgan

National cultue and Art center in Tashkurgan

Main drive in Tashkurgan

Karakoram Highway leading out of Tashkurgan

Fields near Tashkurgan - seen from the Karakoram highway

Tajik tombs seen from the Karakoram Highway

Tajik cemetery

Leaving the Karakoram Highway

Lake along on to Datong region

Lake along road to Datong

Lake in western China

Lake on the road to Datong

Chinese Reservoir

Reservoir in western China

River in the Kunlun mountains

Turquoise river in the Kunlun mountains

Turquoise river along the road to Datong

Milky blue river in western China

Road to Datong

Valley along road to Datong

Mountain near the Tajikistan border

Orange-jacketed man on a donkey

Dusty road towards Datong

Kunlun mountain valley river

River in a Kunlun mountain valley

Marsh valley in western China

Two Tajiks standing on an open plain in the Kunlun mountains

Green meadows in the Kunlun mountains

Dam construction in Xinjiang, western China

Beam of sunlight cutting through a rocky valley in Xinjiang

Opaque turquoise waters in a canyon in western China

Sunlight entering a valley on the road to Datong

Rocky road towards Datong

Imposing cliffs along a river in the Kunlun mountains

Valley in the Kunlun mountains

Walled valley on the road to Daton

Chinese glaciers melting on the high plateau of Xinjiang in western China

Snowy mountain peaks in Xinjiang

Aerial view of desert and snow-capped peaks in western China

Aerial view of high desert in western China

Airplane view of agricultural fields and mountains near Urumqi in western China

Airplane view of mountains and agricultural fields near Urumqi

Airplane view of mountains and agricultural fields in western China

Airplane view of agricultural fields and mountains in western China

Aerial view of agricultural fields and villages near Urumqi in western China

Snow-capped mountain peaks near Bodge Feng near Urumqi

Aerial view of outskirts of Urumqi with Bodge Feng peak in the background

Road leading out of Kashgar towards the Karakoram Highway

Man sitting atop a pile of sticks while driving a donkey

Sand cliffs along the Karakoram Highway leading towards Pakistan

Grain storage toward along the Karakoram Highway

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

Kyrgyz or Tajik girl at a roadside stall near a passport control point on the Karakoram highway

Roadside stalls near a passport control point on the Karakoram highway

Karakoram Highway

Karakoram Highway towards Pakistan

Hills in western China

Mountain pass in western China

Mountains in Xinjiang

Wetland in western China

Rocky mountain pass in western China

Powerline running through remote western China

Light colored mountains

Muztagh Ata Peak, Pamir, 7546m

Muztaga peak as seen from the Karakoram highway

Snow-capped peaks in the Pamir Mountains

Snow covered mountains near Muzagata Peak

Uygur boy on horseback at Karakul Lake

Traditional yurts near Lake Karakul

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