Photo: Outdoor snooker in China

Turpan lays in the province Xinjiang, the biggest province of China. Fifty procent of the population is Uyghur, a Muslim society with people who seem to have a mix of Turkish, Chinese and Russian blood in them.
The Uygher frequent a game of snooker. This by itself is not very special. The thing that does make it special is the fact that they seem to play the game outside all the time. Even if it's freezing cold.