before the fence the chinese catched me for taking pictures...
the 3 Guys (including me) in the Taxi...
good they wrote it in two languages
taking a bath in the nature
and also the camels used it afterwards
beatuiful roads through fantastic Landscapes
first Village, they have Bikepaths!
there is a lot more traffic on the road
got it! reached Kashgar with Marc
in the Oldtown-Alleys
Baking Bread
Old meets new...
there are Rules! and nobody is interested in
the Nightmarket, smoky and exciting
and Mao is upon us... in the Foreground the Decoration of the 60th Anniversary of China
on the Mainbasar
narrow and lively, youcan get everything you need (or not)
A Hat-Shop, selling traditional uighur-Hats
creative in copying all kind of things...
all Kinds of Reptils
A Bundle of Frogs
stuffed dumplings boiled in steam
all sort of barbecue
the food is preparated fresh infront of you
you sit around the buffet and take whatever you want...
a Tomb-City next to the Road
all these Scooters... lonely next to the road.
the gardens... straight and well organized
a little Village, drying corn in the front
a shop-keepers family next to the road, they gave me water as a gift :-)
wild Camels!
drying Corn on the side of the Road
the Uighurs are very interrested in my Bike
Mao reaches the hand to the Uighurs...
one of the many mosques in the Area of Xinjiang
Oversize Trucks on undersized roads
wonderful Landscapes in the Desert
a really dry country...
there are very long distances in China
the roads are straightly going up into the Mountains
and the Mountains look beautiful!
colorful rivervalleys lead me up to the Pass
The View back
never boring, erosion did a good job
he changes Truck Tyres
on the Top! on a wonderful sunny morning
straight roads sometimes causes accidents
the View back into the dry Land
another astonishing straight road in the Quaidam Bowl