Xinjiang Uygur, China

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Videos of Xinjiang Uygur (1)

Scorpions!, Kashgar, China travel video

Travel Blogs from Xinjiang Uygur (337)

Mud-brick Mosques in Kashgar
Mud-brick Mosques in Kashgar's Old City
May 4, 2009

... at the far end of the hill complex, and public-service graffiti in Arabic writing was scratched into some of the walls. China as I've never seen it before. The main streets were wide enough to ride a three-wheeled cart thorough, though alleys only ...

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The Ancient Capital and the Buddha Caves, Turpan, China travel blog
The Ancient Capital and the Buddha Caves
May 6, 2009

Sun Wu Kong, the Monkey King of Chinese legend, was coming through XinJiang on his way to fetch back Buddhist sutras from India, when he and his master Xuan Zang were blocked by an impenetrable wall of flame rising from the desert. Not that an ...

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I'll have three donkeys and a camel, please
May 3, 2009

What must these people be thinking of me? I wondered, as I squatted in the dust of the Kashgar livestock market trying to get a portrait of a distraught camel calf. Uighur, Kazahk, Kyrgyz and Hui ethnicity ranchers (guessing by their hats) stood ...

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Urumqi, Urumqi, China travel blog
Urumqi
Nov 14, 2007

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Attractions in Xinjiang Uygur (31)

Kashgar Bazaar
Kashgar Bazaar

Kashi, Xinjiang Uygur, China

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This thriving bazaar hosts traders from all over Central Asia.
Ancient City of Jiaohe (Yarkhoto)
Ancient City of Jiaohe (Yarkhoto)

13 km W of Turpan, Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur, China

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Carpet Factory (Dětan Chang)
Carpet Factory (Dětan Chang)

Nawake Jie 6, Khotan, Xinjiang Uygur, China

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Centre of Asia Marker
Centre of Asia Marker

Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur, China

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Forum Discussions on Xinjiang Uygur (2)

Deep travel in Qinghai province, China, lookingfor a travel partner
Posted on Apr 29, 2009, 22:11:13
... rivers, this province is situated on the northeastern part of the Tibet-Qinghai Plateau, bordering Gansu and Sichuan provinces, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Tibet Autonomous Region. The Yellow River originates in the middle of the province, while ...
If you are planning a trip to China this summer, you should avoid these cities
Posted on Jul 25, 2008, 01:21:01
... Chinese cities. If you are planning a trip to China, you should avoid them. The first one is Turpan in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the far west of China. The city's record high touches 49.6C ( 121.3F ) with an average of 38 scorchers a year, ...

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