Heading towards Lhasa...

This was the view on the hour long ride from the airport to Lhasa...the Tibetan area of Lhasa is very small now and has Chinese military guards on every corner armed with a grenade launcher, shotguns, etc. The rest of Lhasa is all newly developed China and looks just like every other city here...

Hello from the Rooftop of the World...

August 2nd 2009
Gunkumsan! That is hello, in Tibetan...we have just spent a week in Lhasa and have much to write about - especially some amazing pictures. Jennifer and I have just finished traveling on a train from Lhasa to Chengdu, about 50 hours, and we now have internet access. We are putting together some blogs in the hotel and then walking to the local Starbuck's a few blocks away. We will be putting up s ... 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

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