Finally, Tibetan food!

Litang/理塘

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February 10th 2011
Before long we were up and over a mountain pass and rolling down into Litang which sits in a flat expansive valley with crazy Tibetan plateauness on all sides. GOSH I love alien landscapes where you can see forever. On the outskirts of Litang was a bit of whatever limited farming they could manage up there. The town itself only had one or two main streets and the buildings maxed out at around 5 ... 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