Harvesting

Lanzhou to Xi'an, 10-16 July

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July 23rd 2008
Thursday 10 July - Lanzhou to Dingxi, 106 km Quite a hilly ride today, but quite cool and cloudy. We climbed to a tunnel, which we went through in groups with vehicle escort. We had our picnic at the tunnel exit, then descended to moderately hilly country for the rest of the day. Harvest is in full swing here. Since the agriculture is in little fields and terraces most of the work i ... 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