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| Jeremy | profile | all galleries >> Travel Images - Xinjiang (Urumqi & Turpan) >> Scenery of Urumqi & Turpan | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
Xinjiang is located in the hinterland of Eurasia. It is a vast and mysterious piece of land, across which the Silk Road once traversed, and to which the Creator seems to be partial. Gathered together in this one place are fantastic landscapes of lofty mountain ranges (Altay range in the north, Tianshan range in the middle, and Kunlun and Karakorum ranges in the south), glaciers, lakes, rivers, forests, prairies and deserts (which make up two-thirds of the total area of Xinjiang; the Taklimakan Desert alone is 336,700 square kilometres in size and is the second largest shifting-sand desert in the world next to the Ar-rub-Al-Khali Desert of Saudi Arabia).
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 Nan Shan Pastureland near Urumqi (Oct 07) |
 Kazakh Settlement, NanShan Pastureland (Oct 07) |
 Kazakh Horseman (Oct 07) |
 Kazakh Horseman (Oct 07) |
 Tianchi (Heavenly Lake) (Oct 07) |
 Tianchi (Heavenly Lake) (Oct 07) |
 In Turpan County (Oct 07) |
 Grapevine Trellises (Oct 07) |
 Grapes, Turpan (Oct 07) |
 Local Wines, Turpan (Oct 07) |
 Ancient Jiaohe Ruined Town (Oct 07) |
 Ancient Jiaohe Ruined Town (Oct 07) |
 Ruins Of An Ancient City (Oct 07) |
 Donkey-Cart Ride To Gaochang Ancient City (Oct 07) |
 Donkey-Cart Ride To Gaochang Ancient City (Oct 07) |
 Gaochang Ancient City (Oct 07) |
 Gaochang Ancient City (Oct 07) |
 Our Donkey Cart (Oct 07) |
 The Flaming Mountains (Oct 07) |
 The Flaming Mountains (Oct 07) |
 The Flaming Mountains (Oct 07) |
 Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves (Oct 07) |
 Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves (Oct 07) |
 Giant Sand Dunes (Oct 07-A) |
 Giant Sand Dunes (Oct 07) |
 Ermin Minaret, Turpan (Oct 07) |
 Ermin Minaret, Turpan (Oct 07) |
 Steps, At The Ermin Minaret (Oct 07) |
 4-Faced Laughing Buddha (Oct 07) |
 Mao Among The Buddhas? (Oct 07) |
 Tuyugou Village (Oct 07) |
 Tuyugou Village (Oct 07) |
 Ancient House, Tuyugou Village (Oct 07) |
 Just A Red Door (Oct 07) |
 Tuyugou Village (Oct 07) |
 Tuyugou Valley (Oct 07) |
 Tuyugou Thousand-Buddha Grottoes (Oct 07) |
 Silk Road Oasis Hotel, Turpan (Oct 07) |
 Inside Of A Kazakhs' Yurt |
 Storehouse Of Wind (Oct 07) |
 Early Morning In Urumqi (Oct 07) |
 Xinjiang Grand Hotel (Oct 07) |
 Erdaoqiao Bazzar, Urumqi (Oct 07) |
 Nan Stall, Erdaoqiao Bazaar (Oct 07) |
 Shish Kebab (Oct 07) |
 Mobile Stalls, Erdaoqiao (Oct 07) |
 Sweets (Oct 07) |
 Red Hill (Hongshan) Park, Urumqi (Oct 07) |
 Temple Drum (Oct 07) |
 Temple Wall (Oct 07) |
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