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Here we go...
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Toyota after crash, the Nissan looked even worse...
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Kazan, tower from 1552 inside the Kremlin
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Nevjansk, declining tower for a bell instrument dating from 1730
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Borovje / Barbay, granite formations and lake at the Kazach "Switzerland"
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Russian dinner with the Iwanovs in Temirtau, 02 September 2004
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Barbara and a row of horses & a stag on rocks, 25 km south-east of Öskemen
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On horseback in the Kazakh Altaj. Majmyr, 06 September 2004-09-12
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"Austrian track" towards Markaköl, 08 September 2004 |
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Old pharmacy in Lepsinsk, 10 September 2004 |
Mongolian - Buddhist worshipping site east of Sayram lake
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Dancers in front of the pagoda on the Red Mountain, Urumqi
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Skyline of Urumqi with our hotel (above the bus) |
Western pagoda in Miran
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Loading the Toyota, in the background asbestos mining
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Northern Qaidam landscape |
Praying ribbons on pass to Qinghai Lake, 3.817 m
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Fields in the Huang Shui Valley ahead of Xining
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Entrance of the monastry Kumbum near Xining |
Kumbum monastic tea time
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Mosque of the Hui south of Lanzhou
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Labrang Monastry, stupa |
Labrang, pilgrims in the morning
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Pilgrims in Labrang
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Xian, "archway" in the garden of the big mosque |
Pit No.1 of Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi´s famous Terracotta Army
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warriors (remarkable are their different faces)
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Taoist temple in the Maijishan Natural Park |
Grottos and statues at the Maijishan cliff, from east
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Buddha and Bodhisattvas, Maijishan eastern cliff
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Buddha and attendants in a grotto, Maijishan southern cliff |
Lanzhou traffic
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Pass in the Hexi Corridor
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Donkey-bike to collect waste food in Zhangye, Hexi Corridor |
Original section of the Great Wall, Jiayuguan
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Welding work at the Toyota in Dunhuang
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Moritz with tourists at the Crescent Lake, Dunhuang |
Grottos near Beziklik, east of Turfan
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The crew in front of the main stupa in Jiaohe (Yarkhoto), Turfan |
Emin minaret in Turfan
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Uigur in Kuqa
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In the Taklamakan desert |
Old poplar in the middle of the Taklamakan on its biotope-mound
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Khotan, Sunday market: Egg vendors with SARS - protection, clients without
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Khotan, Sunday market: Business |
In the silk factory of Khotan
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Faulkner with eagle on bike near Khargalik
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Apak Hodscha tomb, Kashgar |
Renewing Kashgar
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View from our hotel room to the remains of the old city
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Craftmen's lane in Kashgar |
Snack in Kashgar bazar
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After the Torugart Pass in Kirgiztan
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Cemetry of Ko korka, Kirgiztan |
tombstones: Bearded men with wine glass. Burana, Bishkek valley
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In the mountains of Bishkek, memory photo of the crew (without Clemens)
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View from Dolon pass after Naryn, Kirgiztan |
Scrap for China on Kirgiz road near Naryn
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Mausoleum of Hodscha Ahmet Jassawi in Turkistan, Kazachstan
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Kazakh border and ferry to Russia in the Volga delta |
Wooden mansion in Astrakhan
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Portal in the old city of Astrakhan
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Assumption Cathedral in the Kremlin with sexton in the bell-tower, Astrakhan |
View of Astrakhan at the Volga from our hotel
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Merchant's palace in Taganrog, middle of 19th century
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Seaside promenade in Jalta |
Bahçesaray, entrance of the Khan's palace
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Odessa, old centre
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In the "Passage" , Ueli & Moritz s room above the naked ladies |
Hotel "Passage" with Nissan & Toyota, Barbara & Gerd's room above the entrance
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Odessa, Potemkin staircase
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