Tianjin train station

Journey to Tibet

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October 26th 2008
4:40pm I have been on a journey to Lhasa for the past 56 hours or so. Currently I am on the train and still have about five hours before our arrival in Lhasa. We crossed into Tibet early this morning and were immediately met by the Himalayas and the Tibetan plateau after a rather desolate and desert like area of the Qinghai province. The mountains seemed to just rise out of the ground from nowher ... read more

Asia » China » Tibet

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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