view from the plane

holy crap those are big

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April 28th 2006
mountains. he he he he he he. I think today is a wonderful day. i saw one of the most beautiful things i have ever seen-----the himilayas. i always knew that they would be big, but i don't think that there is any conceivable way to understand their enormity until you see them from an airplane (and it wasn't a small one---thank heavens!). We flew out of Chengdu at 7:30 this ... 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