TLG (ii)

Doughty does China - Act V

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November 10th 2007
Scene I - 10/11/07 Inspired by the Michael Palin documentary Himalaya just like many other travellers I've met in this area I've come to trek Tiger Leaping gorge about 60km North of Lijiang. The gorge is one of the deepest in the world (10,000 feet in places) and some 16km in length, legend has it that to escape a hunter a tiger leaped across the gorge at its most narrowest point (25 metres wi ... 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