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View from Potala Palace  
   

View from Potala Palace

This is really the only view, from the front, that is worthy of a picture...the back view shows what Tibet has to look forward to in future as more and more Chinese development chokes and kills it...
Potala Palace, Summer Palace, Walking in circles...

August 5th 2009
We wake up to our third day in this amazing city, Lhasa. We both got to sleep in from our night of singing and partying at Music Bar, and push ourselves to stumble over for breakfast at 9:30am! The whole group eventually lumbers in, groggy but happy, we laugh about last night’s fun and eat a Chinglish breakfast. There are fruit and snacks stands right outside our hotel so we pick some up, and wa ... read more
Asia » China » Tibet » Lhasa

Chinese Flag 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
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