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Watermelons on the road to Charyn Canyon 2004

Charyn Canyon is in south-east Kazakhstan about a hundred kilometres from the Chinese border. We usually go there in spring, but this year it was mid-summer - watermelon season.

 
melons for sale

the melons

watermelon pile

Everybody likes watermelon

            the canyon

the Valley of the Castles
relict poplar tree Picnic by the River Charyn

the picnic


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