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Photos: Kunjerab Pass to the Hunza Valley

hintonnn — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:16:00 GMT

Time to head south...

Photos: Southern Xinjiang

hintonnn — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:34:00 GMT

We hopped the border from Krygyzstan to Kashgar, hoping to enter Pakistan via the Kunjerab Pass, the highest international border in the world...

Photos: Tajikistan

hintonnn — Tue, 1 Nov 2011 15:57:00 GMT

The Pamir Highway and Wakhan Valley

Photos: Bishkek, Issyk Kol, Arslanbob, Osh to the Pamir Highway

hintonnn — Sat, 1 Oct 2011 16:38:00 GMT

Me :Can I drink the tap water here? Local: Of course, Kyrgyzstan is the land of mountains.

Photos: Almaty, Shymkent and Turkistan

hintonnn — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:16:00 GMT

A bit of a Soviet hangover going on, but the Kazaks seem happy, positive and free people. It was worth the 10 hours at customs/immigration and 30 hours on a bus to get here! And a bottle of Vodka for $2??

Photos: Hiking in Xinjiang

hintonnn — Fri, 2 Sep 2011 01:21:00 GMT

I spent alot of time enjoying the great outdoors this year...here are some photos...

Photos: Xinjiang

hintonnn — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:50:00 GMT

Photos: Western China

hintonnn — Sat, 4 Sep 2010 14:42:00 GMT

Hitch hiking the silk road, crashing with Kazaks, and setting up shop for the time being...

Photos: Qinghai to Gansu

hintonnn — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:10:00 GMT

Marco Polo kicked back here a while too...

Photos: Qinghai

hintonnn — Tue, 6 Jul 2010 14:26:00 GMT

Quakes and Queens

Photos: Sichuan to Qinghai

hintonnn — Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:23:00 GMT

Abductions, altitude and anal authorities...

Photos: Sichuan-Tibet Highway 2

hintonnn — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:15:00 GMT

Monasteries, mad monks and madder dogs...

Photos: Sichuan-Tibet Highway

hintonnn — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:02:00 GMT

The Wild West Tibet style...

Photos: Chengdu & Western Sichuan

hintonnn — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:21:00 GMT

Leafy, breezy Chengdu gives way to grasslands, mountains and plenty of yaks...

Photos: Fenghuang, Hunan

hintonnn — Thu, 27 May 2010 15:32:00 GMT

A pig's face here and a pig's face there...

Photos: Dong Minority Village, somewhere near Sanjiang, Guangxi

hintonnn — Fri, 21 May 2010 20:05:00 GMT

They love getting white guys to dance...

Longji Rice Terraces, Dazhai Village, Guangxi

hintonnn — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:36:00 GMT

After a few bus transfers and the usual chaos, confusion and excitement that comes with rural travel In China, I found myself on a mini bus packed to the gills with Yao villagers heading back to Darzhai from Longsheng. They seemed a fairly rowdy bunch, and happy to have a foreigner coming out to spend some time in their village. One of the Yao ladies wanted me to stay in her guesthouse and I happily obliged. It turned out I was the only guest, so it was more of a home stay as we ate dinner together and after returning from the fields her husband was pretty intent on getting blasted on potato wine with me. Once again I happily obliged! The surrounding hills offered many trails which connect to other villages, making the hiking opportunites endless, and considering the stunning setting and the warmth of the locals, extemely rewarding. Even hours up into the hills the Yao women were at work in the rice terraces, wearing their traditional dress and carrying their tools in baskets on their backs, ploughing with horses or ox, and pointing out the way back to Dazhai everytime I took a wrong turn.

Photos: Dazhai Village, Guangxi

hintonnn — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:56:00 GMT

They ate rat, I killed roaches. Potato wine anyone?

Photos: Yangshuo and Huang Yao, Guangxi

hintonnn — Sat, 15 May 2010 19:50:00 GMT

Not a bad sunrise after 13 hours on a bus...

Photos: Hong Kong

hintonnn — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:41:00 GMT

Neon chaos copy rolex