Peaks, glaciers and tiny Tibetan villages...

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May 7th 2007
After beautiful Baishuitai, we continued by bus climbing along windy mountain roads towards our next destination and the start of the Tibetan world, Zhongdian. Zhongdian (aka Shangri La, or Gyeltang in Tibetan) sits at 3300m above sea level, and while not technically 'Tibet' (as we were still in Yunnan province), still felt a hell of a lot like it. Think scorcing hot days, cold clear nites, monk ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Zhongdian

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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