The Silk Road: where Russia, the Middle East, China, Turkey and Eastern Europe collide in the most beautiful way. Travelling through China to Kyrgyzstan I saw faces that blended ethnicities in ways I’d never seen. Where else can you find Chinese citizens with blond hair and blazing green eyes? It’s tough to decide which were more stunning: the people or the landscapes.
After Ala-Köl pass
Issyk Kul
Kashgar livestock market
Night before Teleti Pass
Kashgar
Valley between Jeti-Öghüz and Teleti Pass
Tashkurgan
Day one of Teleti Pass hike
Jeti-Öghüz
Bishkek
Osh
Drive to Bishkek
Ala-Köl Lake
A day in the melons
Bishkek
Our host in Altyn Arashan, we asked if there was a restaurant and he said his house could be a restaurant; we also used his hot spring hut on the river!
Kashgar livestock market
Kashgar
Kashgar livestock market
Kashgar livestock market
Karakorum Hwy
Kashgar livestock market
Kashgar livestock market
Kashgar livestock market
Bishkek
Kashgar livestock market
Kashgar
Kashgar livestock market
Karakorum Hwy
Kashgar livestock market
Tashkurgan
Karakorum Hwy
Tashkurgan
Karakorum Hwy
Kashgar
Government reminders for the West
Karakol Valley
Dunhuang
Crossing the border from China to Kyrgyzstan
Red lace
Kashgar
In a row, Kashgar
Kashgar
Onions in Turpan
Dunhuang
Turpan
Jiaohe ruins
Old village near Turpan
Bus ride to Mars
Dunhuang
Zongwei
Hike up to Ala-Kul Lake
Near Jeti-Öghüz
Kashgar livestock market
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