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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: Chengdu to Lhasa - the world's highest railway
Date: July 26th 2010
Date: July 26th 2010
26th July - Boarding the highest railway in the world...
After our soggy time in Baguo, we returned to Chengdu to begin our journey on the highest railway in the world. So high in fact, that Oxygen is pumped into the train carriages. We did lots of boring stuff in Chengdu such as collecting train tickets, booking return flights, purchasing food for the train, and paying (in cash!) for ou ... read more
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