Autumn in Northern Xinjiang (北疆秋色) Photo Gallery by KAI-WING LEUNG at pbase.com

Autumn in Northern Xinjiang (北疆秋色)

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Gurbantunggut Desert 01	Gurbantunggut Desert 02	Gurbantunggut Desert 03	Silicified wood 01	Silicified wood 02
Silicified wood 03	Silicified wood 04	Silicified wood 05	Five-colour City 01	Five-colour City 02
Five-colour City 03	Five-colour City 04	Five-colour City 05	Five-colour City 06	Five-colour City 07
Five-colour City 08	Five-colour City 09	Five-colour City 10	Five-colour City 11	Five-colour City 12
Five-colour City 13	Burnt Mountain	Birch Park	Stone People and Graves	Xiaodonggou 01
Xiaodonggou 02	Autumn scene 01	A shepherd	A 3-wheel taxi	Autumn scene 02
Sunrise	River of Kazakhstan-Chinese border	Autumn scene 03	Autumn scene 04	Autumn scene 05
Autumn scene 06	Autumn scene 07	Autumn scene 08	Autumn scene 09	Autumn scene 10
Autumn scene 11	Autumn scene 12	Autumn scene 13	Autumn scene 14	Tree 01
Tree 02	Baisha Lake 01	Baisha Lake 02	Baisha Lake 03	Baisha Lake 04
Baisha Lake 05	Baisha Lake 06	Autumn scene 15	Autumn scene 16	Autumn scene 17
Autumn scene 18	Singing Sand Dunes 01	Singing Sand Dunes 02	Singing Sand Dunes 03	Singing Sand Dunes 04
Autumn scene 19	Autumn scene 20	Autumn scene 21	Autumn scene 22	Autumn scene 23
Autumn scene 24	Sunset Clouds	Kanas Lake at dawn 01	Kanas Lake at dawn 02	Kanas Lake at dawn 03
Kanas Lake at dawn 04	Kanas Lake at dawn 05	Immortal Bay	Kanas Lake 01	Kanas Lake 02
Kanas Lake 03	Kanas Lake 04	Crouching Dragon Bay 01	Crouching Dragon Bay 02	Crouching Dragon Bay 03
Crouching Dragon Bay 04	Crouching Dragon Bay 05	Crouching Dragon Bay 06	Crouching Dragon Bay 07	Crouching Dragon Bay 08
Crouching Dragon Bay 09	Crouching Dragon Bay 10	Crouching Dragon Bay 11	Moon Bay 01	Moon Bay 02
Moon Bay 03	Moon Bay 04	Kanas Lake 05	Kanas Lake 06	Kanas Lake 07
Kanas Continental Villa 01	Kanas Continental Villa 02	Tuwa Village	Tuwa yurts 01	Tuwa yurts 02
Goats & Sheeps	A flock of sheeps	Another flock of sheeps	One more flock of sheeps	Ghost City 01
Ghost City 02	Ghost City 03	Ghost City 04	Ghost City 05	Ghost City 06
Ghost City 07	Ghost City 08	Ghost City 09	Ghost City 10	Ghost City 11
Ghost City 12	Ghost City 13	Ghost City 14	Ghost City 15	Ghost City 16
Ghost City 17	Ghost City 18	Ghost City 19	Ghost City 20	Ghost City 21
Ghost City 22	Ghost City 23	Ghost City 24	Ghost City 25	Ghost City 26
Ghost City 27	Sunrise 01	Sunrise 02	Guaishigou 01	Guaishigou 02
Guaishigou 03	Guaishigou 04	Guaishigou 05	Guaishigou 06	Guaishigou 07
Guaishigou 08	Guaishigou 09	Guaishigou 10	Bole	Aibi Lake
A lady in cotton field 01	A lady in cotton field 02	Sayram Lake 01	Sayram Lake 02	Sayram Lake 03
Sayram Lake 04	Sayram Lake 05	Sayram Lake 06	Sayram Lake 07	Fruit Valley
Khorgos Port 01	Khorgos Port 02	Bell Tower 01	Bell Tower 02	A child
Two childern	Three childern	Yili Lin Zexu Memorial	Statue of Lin Zexu	Jingyuan Temple 01
Jingyuan Temple 02	Jingyuan Temple 03	Sunflower	Soyabean Field	Sunset in Yili River 01
Sunset in Yili River 02	A music player	A lovely kid	Three local people	Three ladies
Two men	Evening in Nalaty Grassland 01	Evening in Nalaty Grassland 02	Evening in Nalaty Grassland 03	Sunset in Nalaty Grassland
Morning in Nalaty Grassland 01	Morning in Nalaty Grassland 02	Morning in Nalaty Grassland 03	Morning in Nalaty Grassland 04	Photo taking or being taken !
Autumn in Bayanbulak grassland 01	Autumn in Bayanbulak grassland 02	Autumn in Bayanbulak grassland 03	Autumn in Bayanbulak grassland 04	Autumn in Bayanbulak grassland 05
Autumn in Bayanbulak grassland 06	Autumn in Bayanbulak grassland 07	Swan Lake 01	Swan Lake 02	Swan Lake 03
Swan Lake 04	Sunset in Swan Lake 01	Sunset in Swan Lake 02

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Alex Cheung		28-May-2009 04:03
Excellent gallery!! -V-

Guest		23-Oct-2007 15:54
Interesantes fotos Mi voto

Chris Spracklen		06-Oct-2007 19:51
Amazing gallery with some phenomenal landscapes! Excellent work throughout. Kind regards, Chris

Robbie D70		08-Sep-2007 19:39
Very interesting gallery, but can only see them at thumbnail size. Good work anyway.

Guest		05-Aug-2007 10:39
Just a while ago I visited a gallery that showed petrified logs in rocks at the Grand Canyon. So it looks like the great deluge was world wide.

Guest		05-Mar-2006 14:46
Excellnet Gallery!!! Good Landscape

KAI-WING LEUNG		09-Aug-2005 11:06
To Eugene Although the best season to visit Altay is Autumn, it is also very beautiful in winter and spring. As the temperature of Altay and many other places in northern Xinjiang is extremely cold in winter and early spring, you should check the weather and road condition before going. There are range transport between Urumqi and Altay, either by air or by long-range coach, but I do not know the detail. If you want to visit other beautiful place in Xiajiang as well, you may book a 4-WD in Urumgi. For more information, you may search from the web or directly contact the travel agency in Xiajiang.

Eugene Tsiang		06-Aug-2005 00:45
I would like to visit the Altai from the Chinese side, sometime in spring of 2006, before the snow is gone from the mountains. Any suggestions?

KAI-WING LEUNG		01-Jul-2005 06:57
To Chua C H Yes, the leaves in birch forest will turn golden and red in mid-to-late September. It is a good choice to visit Kanas Lake at late Sepember, but you should avoid too close to the golden week of the National Day on the 1st of October. Otherwise, you may be difficult to look for accomodation, or at a much higher cost!

Guest		19-Jun-2005 12:18
Hi Wing Leung, Thanks alot for your information! Yup... we have decided on the dates to be in end september, really excited about it. I have been to xinjiang last july to areas like Yining and Kashgar, seems like this is even a better time to go to see the change of season :) . Hope I can capture some nice pictures too, and importantly, can find areas to charge the batteries of my camera.

KAI-WING LEUNG		07-Jun-2005 12:25
To siwesa Thank you for your visit to my photo gallery! I went to Northern Xinjiang in late September, the best time to watch the fall colour. It may be too cold in some places if you start th trip in October. Northern Xinjang is a beautiful place but the road and transport are not well developed yet. I suggest you to book a 4WD in Urumqi (¯Q¾\|¤ì»ô) or join some special tour there. Kazakhstan, a former Republic of USSR, situates in the northwest of Xinjiang. Sayram Lake is a famous lake situated several hundred milometers west of Urumqi. Baisha Lake, which is less famous and most Xinjang people, including drivers, don't know how to go. It is very near to a small town, the Habahe («¢¤Úªe), situated 600-700 Km north of Urumqi. In fact, it is very near to Kazakhstan-Chinese border. I recommend you go to Habahe first and ask the people (e.g. Hotel personels) there. Habahe is more well known for its birch forest (¥Õ¾ìªL), the second largest in China. The Baisha Lake is very near to the birch forest. Last few word, the lake is quite difficult to go. It could not even access by 4WD, you must walk for a few kilomenters in the very soft sands, Unlike Dunhuang (´°·×), there is no camel helping you!

Guest		04-Jun-2005 11:29
Very wonderful pictures! Planning a trip to the same area in late september this year. When did you take the autumn pictures? Is it too late to see the same sceneries in beginning of october? By the way, where is the Kazakstan border situated & where is the syaram lake & baisha lake?

Aom		30-Jun-2003 08:36
I think you're very excellent photographer. Do you spent long time to got each picture? And Do you like to take photos since you were a child? I really impress with your pictures and your vision. It's really nice. It's seem you travel a lot. Wow! I wish I could do that. :)

Aom		30-Jun-2003 08:21
You did a great job! Very very beautiful pictures of various scenery. Thanks for these pictures. ^-^

KAI-WING LEUNG		06-Mar-2003 14:19
Hi Canon Thank for your visit and comment! I'm just an occasional traveller. Camera: Nikon F90X with Nokkor AF24-85/2.8-4ED & AF80-200/2.8ED Film: Kodak Royal Gold 100 Scanner Nikon Coolscan IV ED Sure, I'll share the information of this trip if you want.

Guest		05-Mar-2003 16:01
hi.....dear Kai-Wing, i am extremely impress for this wonderful gallery !! u are really a tough traveller who look for pretty landscapes , right ? well...which camera gear u are in use ? One day if i ask u for this trip information , would u share with me ? Conan

KAI-WING LEUNG		05-Mar-2003 15:07
Thanks for your visiting and comment!

Guest		05-Mar-2003 12:44
nice,pictures! love the colors in the stones!

keith		05-Mar-2003 12:43
Thank you for your answer!! keith

Guest		05-Mar-2003 12:42
nice,pictures! love the colors in the stones!

KAI-WING LEUNG		04-Mar-2003 13:18
Thank yoy for visiting! To Keith, Simply speaking, it is the northern part of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (·sÃ¦ºû§^ªvº¸¦Ûªv°Ï¥_³¡), north of Urumqi(¯Q¾\|¤ì»ô). Some of the locations are still inconvenience for travelling and could only be accessible by jeep with special local guide going together. Regular tours are not so common, but seasonal ones may be organized by some local agent in Urumqi/Xiajiang (e.g.¤j¦ÛµM°ê®È¡^or in Hong Kong (e.g. China Tourism ¤¤°ê®È¹C¥Xª©ªÀ¡@or Mordern China Travel¡@²{¥N¤¤°ê®È¦æªÀ). K W LEUNG

Guest		03-Mar-2003 13:03
So beautiful scenery and nice shot in your pictures! Thanks for your sharing!

keith		03-Mar-2003 13:01
What a nice picture!!! I want to ask some question. Where is that place? How can you go there? Does it have the local tour to travel there?

Lawrence		02-Mar-2003 08:28
Leung Kung, What a beautiful pictures, thankyou. Lawrence

shosh		02-Mar-2003 07:35
Great impressions of a strange far landscape

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