West Sichuan, the 'province' of Kham
October 25th 2007 Sichuan-Tibet Highland Highway: Kangding, Litang, Xiancheng
Saturday, October 20th, I am thirty today, a long day beginning at Xinnanmen, boarding the coach for Kangding, gateway to Tibet, 2560m above sea level, six grey hours drive west of Chengdu. The passengers are dressed in head to toe gortex and equipped with fancy cameras. I burry into a copy of Mark Twain's Innocents Ab
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