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All the photos below were shot during my trip to Xinjiang Province in China's wild west in June 2007. I travelled with Geoff Mackley to explore the deserts and mountains of this beautiful and sparsely populated region. We traveled all the way from Urumqi to the Pakistan border. If you are interested in buying copies of these please email me for a quote.

A desolate scene on the Karakoram Highway, the road to Pakistan

The road from Kashgar to Pakistan

The massive snow capped moutains of the high Karakoram Range

A lone traveler and his young child in the middle of the Karakoram range on the road to K2

Geoff takes in the dusk view on the road to K2

Dusk on a mountain road in the middle of the Karakoram range

The highway from Xinjiang to Tibet

The highway to Tibet with snow capped mountains in the distance

Taking photos on the Karakoram Highway halfway between Kashgar and the Pakistan border

Desolate countryside with snowcapped mountains on the highway to Pakistan

Mount Muztagh Ata 7546m - a collosal mountain on the Karakoram Highway

The trans Talimakan desert highway - 300km from the nearest settlement

Chinese and Pakistni border guards pose for a photo at the Khunjerab Pass 4700m

Snow capped mountains and a lack of oxygen at the 4700m Khunjerab Pass marking the border between China and Pakistan

A nomad's yurt dwarfed by the massive mountains along the Karakoram Highway near Karakul Lake

A valley near the Khunjerab Pass on the Chinese side of the border

Welcome to the Khunjerab National Park, only 16,000 feet above sea level

"Danger" exclaims this sign on the trans Taklimakan desert highway

Camels wading in a river in a steep sided valley of the lower Karakoram

The scorching desert highway with snowcapped mountains in the distance - a typical scene on the southern Silk Road

Landslides typically block the Karakoram Highway

Abandoned buildings on the trans Talimakan Desert highway

A typical scene on China's highways

A small truck stop on the road to Tibet somehwere near the border with Pakistan

Our lodgings for the night

Dinner is prepared in an Urumqi night market

Dolly the sheep - a grizzly local speciality

The smoky night market in Urumqi

A local chef at work

The colours of Xinjiang

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