Ganden Sumtseling

Cold, cold... COLD in Shangri La

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January 27th 2013
Up early in Shaxi as we had a hired mini bus (50 yuan couple) waiting to take us to Janchaun to catch a connecting bus to Shangri La. We nearly didn't make it to the waiting taxi on time as we found that we were locked in our courtyard hotel and after getting no response from the owners after banging on their door managed to find a lesser outside door unlocked - all this done by the light of a ... read more

Asia » China

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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