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Looking Back and Ahead

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September 28th 2007
We all leave tomorrow morning (the 29th) for a 6 day adventure into Western Sichuan. Traveling into some very high mountain areas we will be heading towards Tibetan areas (although we won't actually go as far as Tibet). We'll visit the Tagong Grasslands northwest of Kangding as well as several smaller towns that aren't even on the map. This should be an adventure in so many ways! Included ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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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