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

Uighur woman in front of her Lake Karakul yurt

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

Uighur women standing in front of their traditional yurt

Father and son on horseback on the shore of Lake Karakul

Yurts on the shore of Lake Karakol

Uyger woman offering jewelry for sale

Goats in front of a yurt

Rocky hut

Peaks surrounding Lake Karakal

Snow-capped mountains and glaciers behind Karakul Lake

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

Uighur horsemen on a plain at the foot of Kongur montain

Kyrgyz Boy on horseback

Lake near Lake Karakul as seen from the Karakoram highway

Adobe settlement along the Karakoram highway

Herd of yaks along the Karakoram highway

Kyrgyz settlement along the Karakoram highway

Adobe homes in western China

Yurts in western China

Men attempting to divert a river in western China

Truck barrelling down on us in western China

Settlement between Datong and Yarkand

Reddish hills as we head from Datong

Mars-like landscape in Xinjiang

Flood-swept landscape on the road to Yarkand

Mars-like landscape on the road to Yarkand

Mars in China?

Red rock formations in China

Afghanistan-like terrain in China

Eroded gully in Xinjiang

Rocky terrain in eastern China

Broad, dry canyon in western China

Desert canyon in western China

Broad desert canyon in western China

Desert canyon in Xinjiang

Man in a camel-driven cart in Kusrap

Villagers in donkey cart in Kusrap

Couple in a donkey-driven cart in Kusrap

Women in a donkey cart in Kusrap

Women talking along the road in Kusrap

Man riding atop a load of sticks in Kusrap

Man with donkey cart filled with sticks

Man with donkey cart in Yarkand

Man headed to market with a full donkey cart

Altun mosque in Yarkand

Tiled tomb at the Tomb of Yarkand Kings in Yarkand

Tiles on a tomb at the Tomb of Yarkand Kings in Yarkand

Tomb at the Tomb of Yarkand Kings in Yarkand

Clothes of the dead in a tree at the Tomb of Yarkand Kings

Tombs at the Tomb of Yarkand Kings in Yarkand

Woman at the Tomb of Yarkand Kings in Yarkand

Nuts at the central bazaar in Kashgar

Nuts and dried fruit at the central bazaar in Kashgar

Goods for sale at the central bazaar in Kashgar

Lizard-on-a-stick in in Chinese market

Dried coiled snakes in a Chinese market

Dried fruit in a Chinese market

Furs in a Chinese market

Wild cat furs for sale in a Chinese market

Exotic animal furs for sale in a Chinese market

Dried animal parts in the Kashgar bazaar

Household products section of the Kashgar bazaar

Animal furs being transported in Kashgar

Rugged terrain of western China

Tajik woman raking grain

Tajik village

Mountains along road from Tashkorgan to Datong County

Tajik mausoleum

4-wheel drive is needed on these roads in Xinjiang

The rough road towards Datong

Tajik or Uighur (Uyghur) home along road towards Datong

Chinese-constructed home in Tajik region of Xinjiang, China

Tajik or Uighur (Uyghur) home

Adobe Tajik home

Tajik tombs

Tajik village

Young man with a donkey

Bridge over a river near Datong

Rural countryside near Datong

Corn fields

Treacherous road in China

Colorful Tajik tomb

Tajik man with donkey

Corn field next to a home

Construction

Tajik tombs

Settlement in western China

Settlement in Xinjiang

Maroon-colored door near Kusrap

Village in western China

Man crossing a road with a donkey

Bridge in western Xinjiang

SUV scraping through a narrow point

Our vehicle scraping through a narrow point

Our accomodations in Datong

Aqua door in Datong

Blue door in Datong

Moth on the wall of our barrack

Well hung donkey

Sheer rock face in the Kunlun mountains

Rough road in Xinjiang

Rough rocky road in western China

Bumpy road in western China

Small boy by a mosque on the road to Kusrap

Shoes in a rubbish pile

Kids in village near Kusrap

Kids playing with a wire toy in Kusrap

Architecture in Kusrap

Wood saw in Kusrap

Adobe brick wall in Kusrap

Jeep in Kusrap

Car driving through Kusrap

Stripped jeep in Kusrap

An alley in Kusrap

Coal truck leaving Kusrap

Coal truck on road out of Kusrap

Uighurs driving a donkey cart on the Xinjiang highway

Uighur man driving a donkey cart

Uighur men securing logs to a donkey cart

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

Chinese girl and boy working at a candy and soda stand along the Karakoram highway

Tajik women along the Karakoram highway

High elevation wetland near the Karakoram highway

Pass in the Pamirs in Xinjiang

Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in western China

Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in China

Modern yurts along the Karakoram highway in Xinjiang

Sand dune among mountains in the Pamir Plateau

Sand dune in a mountainous pass on the Pamir Plateau

Sand dune in the Pamir mountains in Xinjiang

Wind power in a remote Tajik village

Wind energy in a village along the Chinese Karakoram highway

Truck overturned on a mountain road in China

Overturned construction truck in China

Pamir plateau mountains in western China

Tajik kids playing on the shore of Lake Karakol

Lake Karakul or "black lake"

Yurt

Tajik kids near Lake Karakol

Approaching camel in Xinjiang

Stone home near Lake Karakol

Solar-powered stone house in remote China

Tajik boy on horseback

Tajik cowboys on a grassy plain

Tajik cowboy

Bird in flight over Lake Karakol

Bird flying over Lake Karakul

Karakoram Highway looping near a lake in Xinjiang near Lake Karakul

Tajik village in western China

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