Journey across The Silk Road

Tash Rabat Kyrgyzstan	Welcome to the Silk Road	Ancient shelter at Tash Rabat	Unique Kyrgyz hats	Herding in the mountains
Burani Tower 960AD	Burial stones 6th century	The cowboys of Kyrgyzstan	Beauty of the Tien Shen mountains	Petroglyph from 500BC
Mule Express	Goldie and daughter	Todays Silk Road traders	Close to Kyrgyzstan-China border	Aidkah Mosque Kashgar 1442
Chaos of Kashgar Sunday market	Test ride at market	Goats for sale	Xinjiang embroidery tradition	Pomegranates - local favorites
Good friends	85 year old grape salesman	Kashgars leading butcher	The largest Mao in the west	Smokes for sale
Streetcorner big game	Kashgars Mr Water Melon man	Windy road to Turfan	Emin Minaret 1778	Best baker in Turfan
Ruins of Gaocheng city centre	Highrise in Gaocheng	More of the ruined city	Traditions of Gaocheng	Gaochengs valley of green
Todays transport for Gaocheng	Checking the new hat	Bread - not rice	Mosque close to Gaocheng	Tickets please for Dunhuang
Sunrise in the desert	Beauty of the sands	Camel train leader	Busy camel park	500 caves at Magao
Started in 336AD	Lines in the sand	Little lady in red	Mao stayed here	Moon over Dunhuang
The famous Terracota Army in Xian	8000 troops protecting Emperor Qin	On guard for 2000 years	48 dedicated soldiers	Horses ready too
The Great Mosque Xian	Elder of the mosque	Quiet contemplation	Respected worshipper	In the Temple of Confucius
Prints from Forest of Steles	Xian pavement artists at work	Close neighbors in Xian	3000 year old tree in Wutai Shan	Up on the holy mountain
Coping with the visitors	Studying the word	Good joss	Intrigued by the tourists	Piles of tiles
Growing up with respect	Keeping an eye on things	Monk at the centre	Noodle time at the monastery	The roof of many colors
One kindly monk	The monastery hard man	Three generations celebrating near Jinci	Tether your horse	My PLA friend
Through the bamboo	Missing the old days	Willow pattern	Mist in the Namshan hills	Inspirational calm
Namshan bell	Respects have been paid	Craftsmanship at Wutai Shan	Prayer flags in abundance	Like a Chinese painting
Elegance at Tarhuai	Candle in the wind	Rain on Wutai Shan	Spire in the mists	Walking to work
Tallest wooden pagoda in China	Built 1008 in Ying Xian	Inside the pagoda	Devoted couple	Truly a hard life
Xuankongsi Hanging Monastery 600AD	High up from the old river	Inside the Hanging Monastery	Head for heights needed	Flowers of Shanhua
Yungang Caves 460AD	The largest Buddha	Buddha in profile.	Color in the caves	Intricately carved Buddhas
Today at Yungang	Looking up at strength	Plundered caves	Two metre hand	A glimpse of the Wall
Plenty of red in Tiananmen Square	Watching on all sides	Minor disagreement in the square.	Still under the eye of the Chairman	The Silk Road - September 2007