In and around Turpan

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September 3rd 2006

Published: September 14th 2006

Sunday September 3rd We finally arrived at Turpan at 7AM, 13 hours after we left Dunhuang. The pain from my leg had been unbearable for the past few hours. There was no way I could find a comfortable position so I didn't sleep for longer than a few minutes the whole night. I was pretty tired when we went off the bus and was not feeling like dealing with the touts who was trying to sell us "one day... Read Full Entry

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VictorT

Follow my adventures as I travel through Asia, the sub-continent, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe for a year or so. I'll be travelling solo, independantly and on a tight budget so it should be interesting. There's been a little change in my itinerary. I cannot get a Iran visa as a Canadian so I opted to fly to Athens from Mumbai. From there I'll go through the Balkans in about a month before heading south toward Cairo overland. I welcome any comments or constructive criticism.... full info

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Jiahoe 6

Well

Jiahoe 7

Monument

Jiahoe 8

This is just a closeup of a wall (or what remains of it) which looks like the face of a beast. Pretty cool

Jiahoe 9

Buddhist temple, notice how some people didn't like Buddha and cut his head. Probably islamist invaders

Jiahoe 10

Other edge of the city. The inhabitants used to live in the heavily protected city at night and go in the field surrounding it during the day.

Jiahoe 11

Me and the chinese backpacker girl (can't remember her name) in Jiaohe

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