Photos of In the Footsteps of Marco Polo

April 28 July 1 2012 (65 days)

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Youth from Bishkek

A group of youths from Bishkek spending a weekend in the mountains

Public Transport

Everything is used for transportation into the mountains

Seven Bulls

The rock formation Seven Bulls

Container shop

A supermarket built from old containers

Cooking

Cooking over a wood fire next to the yurt

Kyrgyz Family A Kyrgyz family

Yurt camp

In summer nomads live in yurts on the high plateaus

Building a Yurt

A yurt is assembled like a kit for the summer months

Horse Riding

On horseback through the Kyrgyz highlands

Chess Children playing a game of chess

Sunset

A Kyrgyz man with a traditional hat at sunset

Edelweiss

Edelweiss grows abundantly in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan

Yurts Song Kul Lake

The yurt camp at Song Kul Lake

Lighting the Stove

The boy of the family lights the wood stove in the tent

Mountain Pass

The sharp hairpin bends of the mountain pass

Tash Rabat Caravanserai

The old caravanserai of Tash Rabat

Torugart Pass

At 3574 metres on the Torugart Pass the border area between Kyrgyzstan and China

Id Kah Mosque Kashgar

The Id Kah Mosque is the oldest and largest mosque in China

Uyghur Man A Uyghur man in Kashgar

Spice Seller Kashgar

A spice seller at the bazaar of Kashgar

Little Boy

A little boy relieving himself through the slit in his pants

Schoolchildren

Some schoolchildren in Kashgar

Old City Kashgar

The old city of Kashgar

Old Town The remaining houses in the old center

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