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Perhaps not the most orthodox of Honeymoons...we traveled over 2000 miles by train and bus along the Chinese silk Road, from Kashgar in the extreme West of China to Lanzhou is the mid East....in the footsteps of Marco Polo.
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Dora with her trusty stead...no not me, but her Kazakh stallion, in the glaciers of the Urumqi mountains. | ||
| One of our little friends who we met a Kashgar Sunday market. |
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....and even more little friends! |
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| The fantastic Lake Karakuli up near the Pakistan border. |
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The honeymoon suite! Yurt with a view...but not much in the way of creature comforts! |
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| The famous Id Kah mosque in Kasgar. |
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The beautifully tiled Abak Khoja mausoleum in Kashgar. | ||
| The ancient ruined Buddhist desert city of Shubashi, near Kuqa. |
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The
international language of football - celebrating England's 5:1 win over
Germany with three football crazy Uighur lads in Turfan. |
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| The ruins of the ancient garrison town of Gaochang, near Turfan. |
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Dora poses by the beautiful Emin minaret in Turfan. | ||
| Outside the famous Buddhist caves at Dunhuang, Gansu Province. |
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Dora by at the famous 'Mingsha' singing sands at Dunhuang, Gansu Province. | ||
| The end of the Great Wall at the Jaiyuguan pass. |
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View over Lanzhou and the aptly named Yellow River. | ||
| All pictures taken by Denzil Watson |
29th July 2001
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