Us with a yak

On the Roof of the World (Seven Days in Tibet)

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January 18th 2008
(Catherine) Before we left home, we booked a seven-day tour from Kathmandu to Lhasa travelling along the Friendship Highway - apparently one of the most interesting overland journeys in the world. Although parts of Tibet are now open to tourists it's still a bit tricky to get in - you need a visa and two different types of permits and you can't get in from Nepal without being part of a group, a ... 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