Tibet Meets China

Tibetan culture is still well and truly alive, it may have changed, just like western cultures have, but it is still everywhere you go. Music, dance, religion, buildings, and in the people. It is not dying like I thought it was.

Backdoor Banditry, and the Source of the Mekong

May 20th 2007
The Beginnings of Adventure It was a chilly evening. The music was slightly muted, soft and relaxing, the Migratory Bird Cafe was almost empty. I noted that unlike what normally passed for music in Deqin (constantly playing "Message in a Bottle" was ok at first but fast grew to be annoying) the strains of a passable 60's Jazz number were to be heard. After the pretty sunset I had moved ... read more

Asia » China » Qinghai

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

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