WHO'S EATING GILBERT'S GRAPES?

WHO'S EATING GILBERT'S GRAPES?

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June 4th 2007
Left Kashgar and stopped by a Knife factory along the way to the Taklamakan desert, which is the 2nd largest desert in the world. A number of us bought souvenir knives, they are good quality and the price decent. Then another stop to a town called Yokand to visit a mosque. A bit more of travelling we found ourselves a place to camp for the night just on the southern side of the vast taklamakan. N ... read more

Asia » China

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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