King of Beers at the Summer Palace...

We don't know why, or for what event, but at the entrance to the main temple at the Summer Palace we find the King of Beers. This says so much more than I can say about the future of Tibet...

Potala Palace, Summer Palace, Walking in circles...

August 5th 2009
We wake up to our third day in this amazing city, Lhasa. We both got to sleep in from our night of singing and partying at Music Bar, and push ourselves to stumble over for breakfast at 9:30am! The whole group eventually lumbers in, groggy but happy, we laugh about last night’s fun and eat a Chinglish breakfast. There are fruit and snacks stands right outside our hotel so we pick some up, and wa ... 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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