Potala

Into Thin Air

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November 29th 2005
Tibet in December. We should be war generals, the way we strategized this one. Spent the birthday in Lhasa where at -6C, the man parts at age 29 are as nonexistent as they were at birth. Beyond the freezing weather, we were also afraid of the altitude sickness (much of the Tibetan plateau sits at 4000m or above). However, before that even hit, I got a bit ill from the plane. Carolee says I re ... 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