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A 3-wheeled jeep

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December 10th 2007
09-DEC-2007 We are forced to rise painfully early at 630am, the sun will not rise until 8am so it feels like the middle of the night. I leave my old coat in the closet in the room, because I simply do not have room for her. We've had so much history together, it almost feels like leaving a child behind. As we've grown accustomed to, the hotel staff are sleeping on the couches in the lobby. ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet » Friendship Highway

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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