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PART OF THE 2000-2001 TRIP

story : bus driver cheat
story : the forbidden valley
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banknotes / billets de banque
anecdote : la vallée interdite
anecdote : arnaque du chauffeur de bus
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Dunhuang : sand-dune on the fringes of the oasis
(although administratively in Gansu province, I feature this photo on this page anyway)

 

Mosque in Turpan : the historical capital of the Uighurs, a turkish speaking, muslim people

 

Turpan : street life

 

The afghan style minaret near Turpan




Uighur kids in the old traditional Uighur part of Kashgar

 

Melons and pasteques at the market in Kashgar

Market day in Kashgar : the "parking lot"

Making of nan-bread

 

Karakul Lake (alt. 3600 m) in the Pamir (my favorite view of the whole trip)




The Mustagata mountain reflecting in Karakul lake
(click here to see more reflection photos and see the full panorama on this page)