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Lhasa River

Turned Away Toward Adventure?

June 2nd 2007
Yesterday... At breakfast the music playing was in English... moments later Hey Jude was playing but of course it was the kareokee version. What? Who has the Kareokee version just to play? I thought it was amusing. We headed out to the Potala Palace where we were actually turned away because tickets for the day were sold out, and the best we could do was to reserve tickets for the following day. ... read more
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Chinese Flag 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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