dining room Danba

Beijing to Kathmandu-Days 7-10

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October 18th 2008
This morning we all met in the lobby of the hotel at 6am to head off on the mammoth drive into rural China. We're heading to an area that is considered by some to be Eastern Tibet.Because we are in the Sichuan Province, there is quite a lot of earthquake damage visible from the earthquake in May - mostly landslides and huge cracks in the road.As usual the driving is absolutely manic.It's obvious t ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan

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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