A smorgasbord of photos from Turpan.

This is the last Blog about Turpan, but when we were there I took a heap of photos, and I think that you will enjoy having a fast perusal of some of them. 
I am fascinated by the differences in the lives of the people of Western China, to our own, and find this endlessly interesting.
The photos won't be in any particular order, but hopefully, the subsequent mish-mash will not detract from your enjoyment.
So here goes.....

Firstly, some of the people:

 

Two young boys, smiling for the camera. Turpan.

They were sitting on the footpath, chatting and laughing between themselves.

They were happy to have their photo taken, and approved of it, when I showed them.

A man with his son, and their luggage, waiting for a bus. Turpan.

Both are Uighurs, as you can tell by their head wear.

These two women had been washing clothes in the stream. Now they're having a happy chat, while waiting for the washing to dry.( you can see some on a line above their heads) Turpan.

Secondly, some of the transport options:

These three wheeled motorised bikes are used all over China, to carry anything and everything. 

Here the men are unloading building materials at a building site in Turpan.

And here is another, absolutely laden.

And if you don't have motorised transport, a donkey and cart will fit the bill admirably.

At a village, just outside Turpan.

 And if the worst comes to the worst, there's always your own man power. 

 

And thirdly, scenes from "suburbia":

Goats in a household pen. Turpan.

And sheep in a similar pen, 2 houses along the same road.

We walked two blocks away from the city (& bazaar) centre, and we were in "suburbia".

The streets were unsealed, and many houses had small pens in front of them.

The pens housed goats or sheep.

And opposite the houses were small fields/paddocks of vegetables.

We saw corn growing, and what looked like a type of choy....possibly Pak Choy

Corn...Turpan.

Pak choy??

And we also saw a lot of mud bricks, which had been piled up for sale or use, presumably. 

Most of the houses we saw in Western China were made of bricks like this.

And in the background there is another red 3 wheeler motorised bike....see it?

And here is a close-up of the bricks. Their neat piles looked so geometric.

And last, but not least, I couldn't NOT include this photo.

Can you recognise the contents of the basin?

Guess!

 This basin of offal was on a table, near the bazaar, so presumably it was for sale.

In it there are lungs....the lobes are inflated, and you can also see trachea.

Not my idea of good eating, but there are probably recipes for such ingredients.

And if you are in a poor country area, I imagine that nothing is allowed to go to waste.

And on that note, we shall leave Turpan.....an interesting and fascinating place to visit.