Ancient Silk-trading Road
August 9th 2005 Hitching in China is no sure thing, it is something that people are unaccustomed to - Walking along a remote track in the mountains, some 10 km from base-camp and without radio contact at the end of a long day, an infrequent vehicle approaches in my direction. I stand in the middle of the narrow dirt road and hale it with one arm. As it draws near, the driver tries to find a route past me left a
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