Tag Archives: Xinjiang

Photo of the Day: Horses of the Tianshan, Xinjiang, China

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

You can see Sayram Lake in the background. This is from a scanned photo taken some years ago.

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Photo of the day: Tianchi, Xinjiang, China

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

About an hour and a half east of Urumqi, China, you can find the so-called Heaven’s Lake (Tianchi). The place was too touristy for me–fake Kazakhs in fake yurts, cardboard cutouts of the Qing Dynasty emperors, horridly grotty restaurants, etc. … Continue reading →

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Photo of the day: Karakul Lake, Xinjiang, China

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

Another photo from Karakul Lake, on the Karakoram Highway in Xinjiang, China, very near Pakistan. I cannot think of a more beautiful, eerier, lonelier place in the entire world. The Pamir Plateau is called the rooftop of the world. At … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day: Traffic Jam on the Karakoram Highway

Posted on February 27, 2012 by

The Karakoram Highway, connecting China and Pakistan, is the highest international highway in the world, with an average elevation of over 13,000 feet. Yet, in many places it can hardly be called a highway. When we were last there, we … Continue reading →

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