herd of yaks at monastery

Yak in a bath

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April 3rd 2006
Just a final blog before we set out into the Wilderness. I have to record the fact that we saw A YAK IN A BATH. He was a very hairy yak and his friends were queuing up to go in after him. He was sitting chilling in a perfectly round pond surveying the Tibetan plateau below him. I did take a photo, but will have to post it when I'm back in civilisation. There were also baby yaks and very hairy cow ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet » Lhasa

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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