Hidden gems

Been so busy with the Aina Media Centre Project lately, that I don’t get much time to do any of my own work. But tonight I was rummaging through some old folders from last year in China and found a few images I couldn’t resist uploading.

All the images were taken in the Muslim Quarter; Erdaoqiao in Urumqi.

Urumqi is the last big city in Western China before you hit the borders of Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.

Its a melting pot of diverse cultures from the Central Asian basin, a mad mix of Tajiks, Kazakhs, Han Chinese, Russians and Mongols to name a few.

With temperatures dropping to -20.c the city goes into hibernation mode in the daytime and comes alive at night. but more about the Urumqi nights in a future blog...........

One last word.

As we all do at this time of year, I've been considered what I want to do in 2007, my 'resolutions'. I came to the conclusion that, at this moment in time, I am doing exactly what I want to be doing! So my New Years resolution is easy!