The Opposite End of China (Xinjiang, China)
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A few weeks before leaving Xinjiang, Camilla and I travelled to Kuqa (Kuche) to see the sights. Lovely photos, if I do say so myself.

We arrived in Kuqa just before sunset. I took this photo from the bridge that connects New Kuqa to Old Kuqa.
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We arrived in Kuqa just before sunset. I took this photo from the bridge that connects New Kuqa to Old Kuqa.
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Walking through the small alleyways of Kuqa's Old City, we spotted the city's main mosque in the distance.
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Walking through the small alleyways of Kuqa's Old City, we spotted the city's main mosque in the distance.
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Taken inside a small Uyghur restaurant in Kuqa while we ate a dinner of laghman (or bamian if you prefer).
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Taken inside a small Uyghur restaurant in Kuqa while we ate a dinner of laghman (or bamian if you prefer).
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Mordor! Just kidding... we passed through the forboding landscape of Kuqa' Salt-Water Gully on the way to the Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves.
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Mordor! Just kidding... we passed through the forboding landscape of Kuqa' Salt-Water Gully on the way to the Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves.
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And he we are, climbing up into the Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves.
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And he we are, climbing up into the Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves.
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The Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves from afar, with a statue of the guy who founded the caves' monastery in the foreground. (I forget his name, and my guidebook is not at my side.)
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The Kizil Thousand Buddha Caves from afar, with a statue of the guy who founded the caves' monastery in the foreground. (I forget his name, and my guidebook is not at my side.)
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On the road to the Mystical Grand Canyon of Xinjiang, in Kuqa.
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On the road to the Mystical Grand Canyon of Xinjiang, in Kuqa.
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Camilla snaps a photo beneath the read peaks of Kuqa's Mystical Grand Canyon.
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Camilla snaps a photo beneath the read peaks of Kuqa's Mystical Grand Canyon.
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More canyon rocks.
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More canyon rocks.
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Self-portrait in front of the Mystical Grand Canyon of Kuqa.
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Self-portrait in front of the Mystical Grand Canyon of Kuqa.
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The Kizilgish Beacon Tower... an ancient military outpost standing high over the bed of the Kuqa River.
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The Kizilgish Beacon Tower... an ancient military outpost standing high over the bed of the Kuqa River.
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Some remaining walls at the ancient city of Subashi (also know as Chauhuli).
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Some remaining walls at the ancient city of Subashi (also know as Chauhuli).
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Looking toward East Subashi through a window in West Subashi.
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Looking toward East Subashi through a window in West Subashi.
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Subashi's ancient Buddhist temple.
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Subashi's ancient Buddhist temple.
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The sun sets over the ruins of Subashi.
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The sun sets over the ruins of Subashi.
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