Our Uyghur guide and driver, Parhat, on the road to Gaochang.

Donkey taxi, ho! Cruising through Gaochang at a respectable pace.

Self-portrait on a donkey taxi at Gaochang.

Gaochang, like Jiaohe, contains the remains of a large Buddhist temple. Unlike Jiaohe, however, faint traces of Buddhist painting still remain at Gaochang.

Close-up of a faded image of the Buddha.

Our ill-mannered donkey taxi driver.

We didn't like his attitude. We decided to walk back and sent him packing.

Can you see the head?

My Uyghur guide...err, I mean...David, relaxing in the shade.

A big wall remains where there must of once been an impressive building.

Shards of pottery that we managed to collect over just a few minutes. Gaochang is literally littered with the stuff.

Some sort of dead, dried-up animal. I think it may be a hedgehog, although I've never seen one before.

A nice, cool cave.

Looking out from inside the cave.

Another donkey taxi goes cruising on by, filled with Uyghur children.