Potala Palace, Tibet

Scent of a Yak and The Tibetan Adventure

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October 15th 2007
Tibet 9/19-9/28/07 After going back and forth between taking on Tibet or giving it a miss due to permits, high trip costs, expensive plane tickets to get out there, etc., we decided that we'd probably never find ourselves so close to Tibet again. So, we said screw it. We'll go to Tibet, suck it up, and pay the extra money that we hadn't originally budgeted for. Wow am I glad we made that decision ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet

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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