Tibetan landscape

Day 325 - Gemma finds a new admirer

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May 23rd 2007
The day started with a 1,000 metre climb up a very windy road to a lookout point that looked out on to the Holy lake called Yamzho Yumco, meaning turquoise lake. It is an amazing view especially with the 7,000+m mountain as the back drop. At this height of 4794m we can see for miles as most of the other mountains around us are of similar height. Our destination for today was Gyanze or Gyantse. ... 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