Rob

High and lows in the 'Land of the Snows'

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June 6th 2007
Friend of ours - yes, it's you Paddy and T - believe in what they call the 'travel gods': a shadowy group of inanimate yet important deities whose job it is to safeguard your passage as you're hoofing it around the globe with a pack on your back. However, judging by the problems that have bedevilled us during the most recent leg of our trip, it would appear that we have done something to get thei ... 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