We are the Naxi people, are you one of the Naxi people? - Lijiang & Tiger Leaping Gorge
June 2nd 2006 The journey to reach Lijiang, home of the Naxi Kingdom, a normadic Tibetan tribe (sounds like something from Lord of the Rings) was an ordeal, our overnight sleeper train pulled in at 5am. We're tired and we still have an 11 hour bus journey ahead of us. As we leave the station there is a cresendo of chants of "Lijiang, Lijiang", I make the cardinal error of nodding to one woman, before I know it
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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 
