Old Town Shangri-La

Tiger Leaping Gorge and more!

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August 23rd 2008
After a short flight from Lhasa to Shangri-la we expected to walk into the usual airport scene...tons of taxis and black cabs(unmarked taxi drivers trying to make a quick buck) all fighting for the fare...we were wrong. Not a single cab, and only one black cab that was already packed down with people and luggage. Luckily we had made friends with a Tibetan kid that was getting picked up by his f ... 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