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Serxu Dzong

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August 16th 2013
Hi All, Found the mini bus for Serxu OK. In fact I gone down the day before to find the driver and find out what time he left, this holiday has stretched the limits of my Chinese. Anyway the road went over a beautiful mountain pass, 4200 metres (13,776 feet). The only downer was the weather, it was very wet. Serxu Dzong, 4100 metres (13,448 feet) is really in the middle of nowhere. Again t ... 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