Passing waterfall

Tiger Leaping Gorge

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January 13th 2005
Southwest China, Lijiang, about 100km from India and also close to Tibet. We stayed in this old town, which had a unique charm to it and snow capped mountains in the background. I was there with my Welsh and Dutch mates, Steve and Michael, and we spent the first three nights getting absolutely slaughtered. After a few days of being pissheads we then headed up to a mountain range called, 'Tige ... read more

Asia » China

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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