Yushu: This place is like walking onto a movie set, complete with authentic costumes, hair regalia and characters from the last century. Every step is an exquisite photograph waiting for the click. Nomads and farmers and city folk all stroll the streets doing their shopping, while the catapiller sellers huddle in groups trying to get the best price for their "fungus", the miracle cure for aging. It's actually not a fungus. It begins in the winter as a worm under the ground, then shoots up and leaves behind a carcus, which is what is selling. I wish I could load a photo, however, from here in China, this program to upload photos (and I've tried all of them) doesn't want to work. Even the one to adjust the photo size, surely mine are too big, doesn't
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