Full tension and divide, each city had a clampdown as the Urghur riots spread across the province. Not a fun place to be.
Water flowing down from the Heaven LakeInterior of a traditional Khazak yurt.Beside the Heaven Lake. There's a group of sheep drinking from the lake on the right.A goddess statue looks out over the lake to the snow capped mountains.Jade water pool.Cool down and relax with a bowl of shaved ice with syrup, and watch a Kungfu movie. Common all over Xinjiang.Ice delivery.Traditional tea house of Kashgar. The Sound of Music was on the TV.Kashgar woodmanship.Gourds hanging at a stall at the Kasghar Sunday market. Very quiet due to a crackdown following recent riots in the region.Traditional Chinese medicine stall.Burial ground.Posters of mecca (and what looks like Beverly Hills) in a Kashgar cafe.An alleryway noodle stall.Local women at a shoe sale in Turpan market.The Emin minaret Afghan style mosque.Drying melons in the sun.A Monkey - Journey to the West theme park.Monkey famously fanned out the flames of the Flaming mountains in the background.Camels take you up the Flaming mountains.On the streets of Hotan.Old courtyard residence in Hotan.