Arrival in Kashgar
The empty tarmac at Kashgar
Sunday bazaar, Kashgar
Bagels and headscarf, Kashgar
Dentistry, Kashgar
Sunday bazaar and houses, Kashgar
Kashgar
Donkey cart, Kashgar bazaar
Iced tea, Kashgar style
Cats for sale
Homemade ice cream straight from the churn, Kashgar
Baking tools, Kashgar
Carpets, Kashgar bazaar
Spices, Kashgar bazaar
Kylea runs into a woman from her village in Tajikisan - in Kashgar! (photo by Alyssa)
Jesse, Kylea and Alyssa at a Uighur restaurant across from the Kashgar bazaar. Unable to read the Uighur menu, we ordered in a combination of Tajik (Kylea) and Mandarin (Jessica).
At the Kashgar livestock market, saying goodbye to his sheep
“You be good, now”
Weighing the sheep
Bargaining
Cows that didn't sell
Bagels outside the corral
Bagels (girde nan) from the oven, Kashgar
Xiangfei Tomb, Kashgar
Mosque at Xiangfei Tomb, Kashgar
Mosque at Xiangfei Tomb
Woodwork, Mosque at Xiangfei Tomb
Street bazaar, Kashgar
Ceiling, Idkah Mosque, Kashgar
Hats, Idkah Mosque
The road to Lake Karakul, Wupaer town
Erosion, the road to Lake Karakul
Rockslide
Riverbed and cement support, the road to Lake Karakul
The Pamirs
Military checkpoint and the Pamirs
On the road, traveling in comfort
Kygyz dwelling and Sand Mountain, at the confluence of two rivers
Kyrgyz family at the foot of the mountains
Kyrgyz mother and child
Jessica, Sand Mountain
Trevor and Jimmy, Sand Mountain
Kyrgyz mother and child, Sand Mountain
Sand Mountain at the confluence of two rivers
Camels and motorcyles, Lake Karakul and Muztagh-Ata Mountain (7546m)
Kebabs, carpets and buses, Karakul Lake
Muztagh-Ata Mountain and Lake Karakul
Camel-riding, Lake Karakul
Mountain and stream, Lake Karakul
Jeremy and Jessica, switching mounts
Dog and camel with yurt, Lake Karakul
Yurts, Lake Karakul
Nosy neighbor
Storm warning, Lake Karakul
Kongur Mountain (7719m) on the distant shore, Lake Karakul
Camel and Kyrgyz horses, Lake Karakul
Kneeling camel and Kyrgyz men, Lake Karakul
Kylea and Alyssa in the yurt, Lake Karakul
Kylea and Alyssa
Lake Karakul
Onward to Tashkurgan
Panoramic view, Lake Karakul
Group photo - photo by Alyssa
Breakfast at the Pamir Hotel, Tashkurgan
Pamir Hotel, Tashkurgan
Starting out along the Karakoram Highway
The Karakoram Highway
View from the Karakoram Highway
Jimmy and Trevor
Chinese military border station
Tajik herders (mother, sister, and child)
In search of real coffee (not Nescafe!)
Alas.
Old couple and Idkah Mosque, Kashgar
2nd story teahouse, Kashgar
Old town, Kashgar
Qu-qu lamb wonton soup
A street argument
Men watching the street argument
Kashgar streetlife
Samsas (baked mutton dumplings)
Neighborhood mosque and anti-pilgrimage slogans, Old town Kashgar
Family planning propaganda: “Having fewer children is the way to prosperity!”
John's Cafe, the 2nd listing for real coffee in the Lonely Planet
A tree grows in Kashgar
The “Bazaar” in Urumqi
Photo evidence that we went to a bathhouse in Urumqi!
Fashion show - Urumqi (Photo by Alyssa)
Hotpot, Urumqi - photo by Alyssa
Gas station in the distance, stranded on the way to Heaven Lake. The driver forgot to fill up before leaving town. By the time he got back from the station an hour later, carrying a large kettle of gasoline, we were nearly beside ourselves with frustration. In the end, we turned around and spent the rest of the day in Urumqi, drinking cocktails at the Sheraton.
Urumqi sunrise
Urumqi from our hotel room, early morning
Exhausted but ecstatic to be flying back to Beijing
