the endless roads...

Updates from Amdo

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July 27th 2009
12 days after departing Golmud on bike, we are now in the tibetan city of Amdo (Anduo in chinese). Tomorrow morning we will meet our guide and driver (required by Chinese law...im honestly surprised we haven't encountered any bureaucratic problems yet, since we are technically in the Tibet Autonomous Region). To recap some of the events of the past couple of weeks, i would have to include: -the ... 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