The Tiger Leaping Gorge trekking team

Trekking the Tiger Leaping 'George'

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June 3rd 2007
Day 66 Waking for one of Mama's pancakes (which was huge but we struggled through like troopers - especially Rob) we boarded the minibus that was to take us to Qiao Tao and the start of the Tiger Leaping Gorge trek. After getting our tickets for the path we headed up the hill with two groups, ours including Rob, Jillian, Paul, Lindsay, Anya and of course us two and the other a big group fro ... 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