Cow in the path

Day 313 - You would need a gargantuan tiger to cross that gorge

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May 11th 2007
With both of us not feeling our usual selves probably the last thing we needed to do today was trek in the rain for 7 hours - so that is exactly what we did. After a two hour drive to a town at the foot of the mouth of the Tiger Leaping Gorge we started on our way up, and with Hamlet guiding us through the Yunnanese flora as we went it made for an interesting 30 minutes to start off with. As we s ... 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