Entering Tibet

Near the border(ish) town of Amdo. I'm not positive where the border precisely is, but this was the point when I knew for sure that we were finally in Xizhang province.

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On The Highest Railway in the World. . . Illegally

October 23rd 2007
The Problem We returned to Chengdu to prepare for the next section of our trip: Tibet. This was going to be a slightly more risqué and thus exciting trip thanks to all the efforts of the Chinese government to keep people (excepting rich package tourists of course) away. At the outset things seemed to be stacked against us, but we decided to give it a go. Initially we had planned to ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet

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

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