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| MoGao Caves at the beginning of the 20th Century. Before the Taoist monks, archaeologists, Russian prisoners ran amok. There is a site http://idp.bl.uk/ that is collecting and digitizing as many of the contents of Cave 17 as it can locate. Almost 400,000 manuscripts, documents and paintings were spirited away to museums and private collections. |
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| Although you can't take pictures in the caves, the research centre has 5 painstakingly hand painted exact (down to the mildew) facsimiles |
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| In the originals the lead paint has oxidized to a brown/black. |
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| How to make a buddha fake in 4 easy steps |
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| Sandstorm |
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| The beginning of the 36 hour sleeper bus ride to Kashgar |
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| Desert Storm |
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| Fixing a bus |
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| Shopping for food and the way up to Mustagh Ata, 47th highest mountain in the Himalayas. At 7500 M it is still high enough to knock your socks off |
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| Road disappears in a new dam project |
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| Surreal |
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| One of the many moods of Lake Karakul. It changes every 15 minutes |
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| The ger where we had dinner |
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| Alim, our intrepid guide |
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| Johan |
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| Young technophile playing with the IPad |
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| The lake's mood after dinner |
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| First glimpse of Mustagh Ata |
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| J's mountain offering |
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| 4500M Alim and the magic bowl |
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| Base Camp |
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| Our host's house at 3500M |
Making dinner
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