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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]
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] Blog: Monks, Mountains &... Busses
Date: May 26th 2010
Date: May 26th 2010
The journey begins... The first leg of our epic highway trip took us through through the frozen wastes surrounding Gongga Shan and into lush valleys of grazing Yaks and Tibetan villages. This was fun for a while, but lost it's edge after the first 5-6 hours. 12 gruelling hours after we set out from Kangding, we caught our first site of Ganzi, our destination. Alas, th ... read more
