Yak anyone?

Whilst wandering the backstreets we stumbled upon an abbotoir and a market where they were killing animals for fresh meat. This yak had been killed at the market entrance just before we arrived - it was pretty gruesome!

Songpan and Juizhaigou National Park

July 20th 2005
We had a long 10 hour bus (averaged 26 kilometres an hour) journey to reach Songpan. The towns that we visited in that area were quite isolated and all travel between them took a long time. There are no trains or planes, only road transport. Songpan however is the gateway to one of China’s premier scenic national parks, Jutzhaigou and does have an airport nearby, but with no flights to the Tibet ... 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

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