Travel Photography Photos tagged as china
My breakfast in Aksu, Xinjiang, China.
Nuts come in a broad variety in Xinjiang. You can always find them in markets.
A candid shot using cellphone camera. To avoid the people's attention, I held my cellphone down but with the lens pointing at them. And then I faced the opposite direction but my finger slowly pressed the button. I'm happy with the result of the composition.
Common staple food in Xinjiang.
Fragrant Pear or 庫爾勒香梨 is well known in Korla. The evening sunshine over the market made the pears on the vendor's cart glow.
At the market in Korla.
A shot from my car on the way back from Tiemenguan, Xinjiang, China.
Camels drinking at Bosten Lake, Korla, China. Here's my story about camels: http://threadofsilk.travellerspoint.com/32/
A herd of camels from Taklamakan Desert were heading to Bosten Lake to drink. Here's my story about camels: http://threadofsilk.travellerspoint.com/32/
This is part of Taklamakan Desert in Korla, Xinjiang, China. Taklamakan Desert is actually part of Gobi Desert.
This is part of Taklamakan Desert in Korla, Xinjiang, China. Taklamakan Desert is actually part of Gobi Desert.
At Jiaohe Ancient City, Turpan.
The remains of Ayding Lake.
Ruins that stood high into the sky in Gaochang Ancient City's site.
A donkey cart in Gaochang Ancient City that's use to take tourists around the site.
Part of the ruins on Gaochang Ancient City's site, which is very vast.
Gaochang, or in Uyghur Language Kara-Khoja, was a busy trading center in the Silk Road. It was built in 1st century BC. For more reference on Gaochang, you can check Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaochang
A shot from my train window on the way to Turpan. Unfortunately Chinese train windows are tightly shut and the window glass is covered with blurry specs. Making a clear photo was hopeless. Anyhow, may you get the picture. In real, under bare eyes, it's a thousand times breathtaking than this photo.
A shot from my train window on the way to Turpan. Unfortunately Chinese train windows are tightly shut and the window glass is covered with blurry specs. Making a clear photo was hopeless. Anyhow, may you get the picture. In real, under bare eyes, it's a thousand times breathtaking than this photo.
Walking to the evening market in Jiayuguan, China.
A sample of a kitchen during the Ming Dynasty.
I compared the shadow with my watch. It was correct to the minute.
Because of the position on a cliff like this, people called it "overhanging" wall.
At the fortress in Jiayu Pass.