Give proper respect to the Nang boys of the Railway District! They make the finest Uyghur bread in Korla.

The Chinese seem to have an affinity for multicolored, music-synched waterfountains. Korla has two of 'em... this one's in the center of town in People's Square.

Wang Shan, one of Circle English's administrative staffers and an all-around nice girl, in front of the fountain.

Wang Qi (foreground) and his band play at Korla's 1-2-3 Bar, more famously know as the location of my iPod DJ gigs.

William (left) and Small David (right) pose for an eerie night-shot along the banks of the Kong Que River in downtown Korla.

Feng Fan Guanchang (Sail Square) along the Kong Que River is a great place to have a beer before dinner.

Down at the end of Bositeng Lu lies the center of Uyghur nightlife in Korla. My buddy here serves a supposedly delicious (I've never tried it) concoction made from all the delicious interior parts of a sheep.

Once I'd taken a picture of her father, my friend's daughter (left) wanted to have her picture taken, too. Why can't kids stay still for 3 seconds? Cute little Uyghur girls, though.

Hong Fan Qu is Korla's most rockin' and cheezy disco. I do have to admit, however, that I enjoy the dancing girls. (Yes, she's wearing clothes!)

William, David, and Zoe's last trip to Hong Fan Qu was cause for some of us to drunkenly mount the stage and shake our booties. I took this shot to prove that we'd been up there...

Yurt party! William, David, and Zoe threw a going-away party for themselves in a Mongol yurt with karaoke. Damn good fun. (That's our Uyghur friend, Kambiyer, dancing in the middle.)

Looking in at the yurt party from outside the yurt.

Kaboom! We had an awesome lightning storm a few days ago (mid-July) when I snapped this photo. I'd never seen that much lightning... it was coming about every two seconds for about two hours.

Long Shan (Dragon Mountain) is a little hill above Korla with a little amusement park on top. It's nothing great, but the pengpengche (bumper cars) are pretty good fun.

One of those spinny rocket rides that small kids are fond of, up on Long Shan.