What a difference a border makes


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August 9th 2010
Published: August 9th 2010
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It is funny how lines on a map can have such a huge effect on the ground. In this case the line in question was the border between China and ex-Soviet Central Asia. Up until then I hadn't realized how much has been destroyed in Central Asia, down to the peoples souls. When you reach Kashgar you discover to your amazement that you only entered Asia after crossing that border and that so far you hav... Read Full Entry



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Selling ducks
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View from the bus
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Emin Minaret
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Views from Jiaohe Ruined city
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Trutting along
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Stupa in the north of the Jiaohe ruins
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Jiaohe Ruins
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A peep at the great monastery
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Sand is slowly taking over the ruins
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Newest resident at the ruins
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Flaming mountains
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Green and red
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More views of the village
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Tuyoq village
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The grapes are dried in these buildings to become raisons
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Curves
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The Jade Gate
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What's left of the Han dynasty wall
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The wall slowly fading back into the sand it came from
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Not much around for a wall to defend against



23rd October 2010

place I want to go
it is an essence of Kashgar for me, you got it right Ralf ! The place's name sounds good to me as well, as reminds me Dvorcevoy's movie Tulpan, with great cinematography by Jola Dylewska...

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