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Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023

  Kashgar   Khorgas   Almaty   Charyn Canyon

Kashgar

A dense crowd of tourists at the Ancient City Gates, Kashgar, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
A dense crowd of tourists at the Ancient City Gates
The famous Ancient City Walls (Which I watched being built in 2, Kashgar, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
The famous Ancient City Walls
(Which I watched being built in 2015)
Tour groups swarm the Ancient City streets!, Kashgar, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Tour groups swarm the Ancient City streets!
Bronze blacksmiths The bored child is a nice touch, Kashgar, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Bronze blacksmiths
The bored child is a nice touch
Bronze camel train, Kashgar, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Bronze camel train
Signboard showing noted local artists Sign says "Oil Paint, Kashgar, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Signboard showing noted local artists
Sign says "Oil Painting Street"
Kashgar, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Historic Id Kah Mosque, Kashgar, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Historic Id Kah Mosque
Id Kah Mosque: Outside Prayer Hall, Kashgar, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Id Kah Mosque: Outside Prayer Hall
Id Kah Mosque: Prayer Hall, Kashgar, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Id Kah Mosque: Prayer Hall
Mao Statue, Kashgar, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Mao Statue

Khorgas Border Crossing

From Unrumqi to the Khorgos border city then on to Almaty
Urumqi High-Speed Train Station It's both enormous and well org, Khorgas Border Crossing, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Urumqi High-Speed Train Station
It's both enormous and well organized
View over Khorgas, Khorgas Border Crossing, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
View over Khorgas
Khorgas border station (Chinese side), Khorgas Border Crossing, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Khorgas border station (Chinese side)
Cross-border sleep bus I snagged a brief ride between the front, Khorgas Border Crossing, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Cross-border sleep bus
I snagged a brief ride between the frontier posts
View back to Khorgas, from a bus, Khorgas Border Crossing, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
View back to Khorgas, from a bus

Almaty

Kazakstan Independence Monument (1), Almaty, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Kazakstan Independence Monument (1)
Kazakstan Independence Monument (2), Almaty, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Kazakstan Independence Monument (2)
Government building under repairs from 2022 riots, Almaty, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Government building under repairs from 2022 riots
Another building under repair behind a fabric facade, Almaty, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Another building under repair behind a fabric facade
A 1990s plaque of demonstrators resisting Soviet oppression Any, Almaty, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
A 1990s plaque of demonstrators resisting Soviet oppression
Any irony is in the eye of the beholder
Ascension Cathedral (aka Zekov’s Cathedral), Almaty, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Ascension Cathedral
(aka Zekov’s Cathedral)
Ascension Cathedral interior, Almaty, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Ascension Cathedral interior
Ascension Cathedral interior, Almaty, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Ascension Cathedral interior
Panfilov Park: Major General Panfilov, Almaty, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Panfilov Park: Major General Panfilov
Afghan War Memorial, Almaty, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Afghan War Memorial
Panfilov Park: Memorial to Glory, Almaty, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Panfilov Park: Memorial to Glory
<font style='font-size:12px'>"Great Russia. There is nowhere, Almaty, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
"Great Russia. There is nowhere to retreat - Moscow is behind us"

Charyn Canyon Tour

View to Bartogay Lake. Ho hum., Charyn Canyon Tour, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
View to Bartogay Lake. Ho hum.
Charyn Canyon, Charyn Canyon Tour, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Charyn Canyon
Guide "Andrey" at Charyn Canyon, Charyn Canyon Tour, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Guide "Andrey" at Charyn Canyon
Charyn Canyon, Charyn Canyon Tour, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Charyn Canyon
Notice the "face" in the center, Charyn Canyon Tour, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Notice the "face" in the center
Charyn Canyon Tour, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Charyn Canyon Tour, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Kazakh lady who has a nephew in Edinburgh!, Charyn Canyon Tour, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Kazakh lady who has a nephew in Edinburgh!
Nearby scenic spot, close to Lunar Canyon, Charyn Canyon Tour, Xinjiang + Kazakhstan, 2023
Nearby scenic spot, close to Lunar Canyon

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