me, Gunk and Li

Camel bum and Jiayuguan

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October 12th 2007
so... my birthday prezzie to myself was an overnight camel trek out into the Gobi Desert. For 300 kuai we got everything included, from a local guide to instant noodles served out of the cup around a fire. It was a pretty amazing experience. Our guide, Li, has a face like a dried up fig - brown and wrinkly, and when his face relaxes you can see that the depths of his wrinkles are still pink - ... 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