Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Day 7 : Barkol Lake

On Day 7 we headed to Barkol lake in the Kazakh Autonomous region of Xinjiang. A landscape covered with huge flat grasslands dotted with grazing animals.

The grasslands on way to Barkol Lake, it lays flat as far as the eye can see doted with grazing animals

Mountains flanking the grasslands around Barkol lake
Horses grazing at the lake Barkol

The dry grasslands and the flat salt pans revealed by the receding Lake
Horses grazing by the lake
Salt pans near the lake and a dramatic horizon
A friendly shepherd, who invited us for a tea 

Herds of sheep grazing

Mid day break





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