Hotel on Mt Muztagh Ata

The family that we stayed with in their summer home at high on the mountain. They keep sheep, goats and yaks as well as the occasional tourist. 7546m high at the summit. I got up to about 5400m, wouldnt mind coming back with the right kit to have a go for the top.

China - but not China

May 18th 2008
The second half of my trip through China has been so different from the first part that Its hard to believe its all one country. Just about everything is different except the money - which goes further the further west you go. After posting the last blog I settled down to some serious travel covering a couple of thousand Km by sleeper train, bus and jeep. The route took me round Tibet (not allo ... 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

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