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An hour or two west of Korla, at the beginning of the journey.
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The desert-like area leading up to the real desert is full of beautiful, old trees.
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The last small town before the Taklamakan. I stopped to eat a nan bread while these Uyghurs checked out my motorcycle.
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My hands were looking pretty rough from all that dry, windy, sandy driving, but this photo doesn't really capture that too well.
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I look at the tree-planting and irrigation efforts being made to stop the Taklamakan from swallowing the Cross-Desert Highway.
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An experimental section of low, criss-crossed fences to prevent the encroachment of the desert.
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The only gas station for 250+ km in either direction is at Tazhong (which literally means "middle of the Taklamakan"). I was their first foreign customer. Fill 'er up!
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My sparse but comfortable room in Tazhong. The place I stayed at was a cross between a trucker's hostel and a brothel. I slept really well, though.
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An outside view of the place I slept at in Tazhong, with the sun setting behind.
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Up and at 'em! Leaving Tazhong just after dawn the next morning.
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Hey, look! The sand is patterned just like in the movies. Cool, huh?
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