Potala Palace

Breathless on the Roof of the World

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January 17th 2007
It is really hard for me to come up with adequate adjectives to describe what this experience in Tibet has been like. I really don't think my writing skills or my photos could really do it justice. It is a place that has left a profound impression on me, unlike anything I have experienced before. Though before I began gushing about the wonders of Tibet I should preface this by saying that I w ... 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