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Silk Road: Ürümqi
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Dietrich Meyer (meyerd)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 97 W: 15 N: 608]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (1490) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-08-28 |
| Categories: Daily Life |
| Camera: Olympus SP500UZ |
| Map: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-03-25 5:49 |
| Viewed: 417 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Silkroad travels: Ürümqi
we finally arrived at the capital of Xinjiang autonomous province (870 m asl.), a town of now 2 million inhabitants, more of them being Han Chinese than Uighurs, Kazachs and Khyrgyz together. You see a part of the People's park , the view is down from a giant wheel. in the background you notice the landmarks of the old Uighur city that Sven Hedin describes in detail for 1893. The buildings were then in adobe and wood, only the mosques and the Buddhist monastery were constructed in a more elaborate way. Punishment including slow hanging was met out on the main road, the Russian ambassador was using his whip liberally when moving in town.
Times are a'changing indeed. The whole city is a bustling cosmos of cultures and activities today. Four different car factories shell out cars for China, Central and Russia. The Chinese inventiveness does not stop with technical advances: as the city with is furthest away from any sea shore in the world, it has been declared a free harbor! More of Ürümqi later.
The mark in "View: map" is on the giant wheel. By zooming out you discover the Tsungarian desert in the North, the Tien Shan mountains in the South. |
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- Buin
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 3561 W: 0 N: 7183]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif)
(25072) - [2008-03-25 11:10]
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Hallo Dieter!
Was für ein Kontrast zu "Euren" Passhöhen und Schluchten! Die Wohnsilos sind zwar hässlich, schaffen aber wohl menschenwürdige Unterkünfte. Ein ungewöhnlicher Bildaufbau - vom Blumenbeet über Tempelchen und "Wald" bis zu den Hochhäusern. Wieder sehr interessant! Google Earth ist her besonders sehenswert.
Grüße aus dem Siegerland - wo es ununterbrochen schneit!
Frank
