My tibetan friend and begger

Tibet is welcoming

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September 24th 2005
After a hardsleeper's sleep on the nighttrain from Xian to Lanzhou, this thursday the 22nd we quickly continued with a REALLY bumpy busride to Xiahe at the east end of the Tibetan plateu moving up and down green mountains and valleys. The people changed character along the way from muslim to more and more tibetan. After many holes in the ground and some amazing views we arrived to the small town o ... read more

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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