Category Archives: Urumqi

Getting Ready for Business

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Young Chinese, or maybe she is Uyghur – highly unlikely as she is wearing pants, girl is getting ready for business in Urumqi China. I believe those are apples or some type of other fruit, covered in some kind of … Continue reading →

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International Grand Bazaar

Posted on October 3, 2010 by

During our short visit to Urumqi we visited International Grand Bazaar, this where I took the photo of all those cool knifes. In the middle of this place is one of the main architectural attractions, this huge tower. I was … Continue reading →

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Smelly Sticks

Posted on September 25, 2010 by

Following up on my last night post with one of the smelly sticks photos. They burn very slow, with some smoke coming off them and have one of those mysterious smells. There are also burning candles around (not pictured), so … Continue reading →

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Magic Dragon

Posted on September 24, 2010 by

On our last day in China we went to see Red Mountain park in downtown Urumqi. I took a few pictures around there, here is one of them. They have a working Buddhist church there, wait, not sure if it … Continue reading →

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Urumqi Street Police

Posted on September 20, 2010 by

After last year summer unrest in Chinese XinJiang province, the capital is still full with Chinese Military police. They usually walk in groups of 5+ people. At one place we saw about 30 of them cooling off in the shade.  … Continue reading →

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