Eclipse Team 2008

Those who refused to pay the 800 RMB price tag for the hastily-crafted "eclipse packages" that took you out to the "eclipse viewing zone". We took a 7 RMB bus out to our own "eclipse viewing zone". Team members: Cody and Stephanie, your authors; John, English Backpacker we met on the road; Katja Swiss-born Uzbek; Donna, American teaching in Beijing. Also in the photo is our new friend from the restaurant in the background.

Total Eclipse (of the heart, sun)

August 19th 2008
One lazy day in Tiger Leaping Gorge (Yunnan province), we started planning our next adventures. As we consulted our guidebook and prepared to travel further south, a nice British lad suggested we check out Xinjiang. Xinjiang - the Chinese province that borders Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, and Tibet and houses the Taklamakan and part of the Gobi De ... read more

Asia » China » Xinjiang » Hami

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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