The road to Litang

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April 27th 2006
One of the biggest problems with carrying around a big camera is that at some point you become paranoid. It's just such a lucrative target. And so you tend to hide it and take it out only for brief shots and then quickly hide it back in your pack. Of course, you end up missing many photo ops because the camera's in your bag most of the time. While walking around Litang this morning, I decided ... 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