Jiuzhaigou - Nuorilang waterfall

Langmusi and Songpan, and capitalist soul death in Jiuzhaigou

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October 18th 2007
We took the early early bus to Langmusi, and were pleasantly surprised that it took only 4 hours instead of the expected 6. The scenery along the way is amazing - climbing through the mountainous edge of the Tibetan Plateau that is southern Gansu. The public bus even made one stop for photos, but the wind across the plains was murderously cold, so I just poked my camera out the door... Langm ... 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