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Tibet is on holiday

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October 5th 2007
Tibet is on Holiday I should slow down. I should adventure, hitch hike, camp in the countryside, wander out of town and off the maps for a while. I've merged onto the fast lane, the tourist trail, zipping along, too fast to take the off ramps. South of Dunhuang I spy the sand dunes rearing up over the city's outskirts, an ominous chain of wondrous shifting sculptures. A fence erected a ... read more

Asia » China » Gansu

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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