East China
| Xinjiang - Fall 2019 | The 'Stans
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| Hotan Kashgar Tashkurgan Urumqi |
Hotan
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| Central Square |
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| Mao statue |
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| Mao statue base |
Hotan Sunday Market
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| Sunday Bazaar entrance |
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| Hat Dealer |
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| Anti-Riot Drill |
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| Anti-Riot Drill |
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| The Friendly Police are Watching |
Atlas Silk Workshop, in Jiya Xiang
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| Hotan Atlas Silk Company |
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| Boiling open silkworm cocoons |
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| Hand looms |
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| Dyed input yarn |
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| Favorite village transport |
Around Hotan
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| Market Tower |
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| Unusual shop display |
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| The Dragon Jade River |
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| Optimistic jade diggers |
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| Jade Market, beside Jade River |
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| One of the many small police stations |
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Hotan to Kashgar
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| Hotan Station |
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| Farmland just outside Hotan |
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| 40 minutes West of Hotan |
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| 2 hours South of Kashgar |
Kashgar
Tourist Kashgar
Parts of the old city and restored old city walls are now tourist attractions.
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| The Ancient City Gate! |
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| View from walls |
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| Tourist scene |
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| Halloween at the Radisson |
Around Kashgar
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| Famous Kashgar Minaret |
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| Id Kah Mosque |
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| Sadly, the facade is plaster over concrete. |
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| Id Kah Mosque, around noon Kashgar time |
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Kashgar"Sunday" Market
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| Kashgar International Market |
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| Kashgar International Market: Security line |
Failed Trip to Yarkand
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| Urumqi-Hotan train |
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| Near Yarkand |
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| Near Yarkand |
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Apak Hoja Mazar complex
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| Apak Hoja Mazar complex |
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| Photo of visit by President Xi |
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| Juma Mosque |
Shipton's Arch
One of the largest natural arches anywhere.
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| The hike up |
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| Looking through the arch |
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| Altun Orda Restaurant, Kashgar |
Tashkurgan
Kashgar to Tashkurgan
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| 20 miles South of Kashgar |
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| 42 miles SW of Kashgar |
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| 42 miles SW of Kashgar |
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| Anonymous mountain lake |
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| Karakul Lake |
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| Karakul Lake |
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| Karakul Lake |
Around Tashkurgan
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| "Tajik" ladies |
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| Tajik-style monument |
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| A "Jade Cabbage" at hotel reception |
Tashkurgan to Kulma
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| 11 miles NW of Tashkurgan |
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| 15 miles NW of Tashkurgan |
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| Tea break, while waiting for border |
Urumqi
After a detour into the 'Stans, I flew back into Urumqi.
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| People's Park Monument to the PLA March into Xinjiang |
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| Detail: Uighurs welcome the PLA |
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| Detail: Agriculture, Industry & Arts thrive under the PLA |
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| Shaanxi Mosque |
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| Shaanxi Mosque |
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| Shaanxi Mosque |
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| Propaganda Placard (only in Chinese) |
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| Propaganda Placard (only in Chinese) |
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| Mini Police Station |
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| Bronze camel |
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| "Friendship Monument" |
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East China
| The 'Stans
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