My Silk Road trip started from Urumqi 乌鲁木齐, the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The journey then continued to Turpan 吐鲁番, Hami 哈密, Dunhuang 敦煌, Jiayuguan 嘉峪关, Jiuquan 酒泉, Wuwei 武威, Zhangye 张掖, Lanzhou 兰州, and ended at Xi'an 西安.
This album covers only the photos captured at Xinjiang Province. There are 2 separate albums which cover Gansu Province
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Facade of a restaurant at Urumqi
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Ancient City of Gaochang impressive ruins of the ancient city
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Ancient City of Gaochang 高昌故城
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Ancient City of Gaochang The city was first built in the 1st century B.C. and was abandoned due...
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Ancient City of Gaochang The ruins cover an area of > 2,000,000 square meters and consist...
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Ancient City of Gaochang donkey carts service is available to take tourists to go around the city
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Ancient City of Gaochang (Kharakhoja)
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Ancient City of Gaochang
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Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Caves The caves stand high on the cliffs of west Mutou Valley...
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Bizaklik Thousand Buddha Caves 柏孜克里克千佛洞
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Flaming Mountain (火焰山) This is one of the hottest places on earth, located at the northern...
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Flaming Mountain The mountain was made popular by the classical novel, Journey to the...
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Sugong Pagoda (苏公塔) Sugong Pagoda was built in 1778 & is the largest ancient tower in...
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Sugong Pagoda a closer view of the brick-piled tower
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Sugong Pagoda (Ermin Minaret) There is a grand mosque beside the minaret. A lot of Uygur people come...
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Balikun Grassland This beautiful grassland is located about 80 km away from Hami.
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Balikun Grassland - guest house Will definitely put up a night here if there is a chance to visit here again...
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Balikun Grassland 巴里坤草原
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Balikun Grassland
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Balikun Grassland
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Balikun Grassland
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Milk tea We were served with milk tea when we made a visit to the home of the...
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View on the way from Hami to Balikun The tiny white little creatures are all sheeps.
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Mausoleums of Hami Uygur Royal Family This tomb complex is located at the south of Hami. It comprises of an...
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Mausoleums of Hami Uygur Royal Family interior of the mausoleum
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