River and Mountains

Yak Yak Yak Tibet!!!!!!!!!

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April 29th 2006
In China, they have a one week labor day called May Holiday. For May Holiday, I went to Tibet. I went with my group of Americans. We to Tibet by plane and arrived in the largest city in Tibet, Lhasa. Lhasa is about 3,000 meters above sea level. Once, I got off the plane I immediately felt a little light headed. I was breathing hard and my heart was pounding like crazy. Yes, I had high elevatio ... 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