Jeepinside

Start of the friendship highway

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October 26th 2006
Off we went the four of us with 6 days to reach the Nepalese border at Zhangmu and Mount Everest, no less, to take in along the way.Our driver was the very capable, cigarette totting , but mostly silent Tenzing. He immediately established with his limited english that Agnes had no chinese connection and then indicated that anything chinese should be thrown out of the jeep. Just as well that this ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet » Friendship Highway

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more