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Into China, and more yurts

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July 18th 2008
Monday 16 June - Jarkent to Quingshuihezi, 69 km. Entry into China. Didn’t eat much breakfast. Collected a camelback and filled it with water as we will not have the blue drinks van after the border. Collected my passport from Brigitte. We stopped twice on the way to the border to wait for the vehicles. They had to take Karl for an ultrasound and it took longer than expected. Fortu ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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