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Sino-Nepal highway

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September 25th 2009
25/9/09 Started my journey to Nepal so again back on the highway 318, the Sino-Nepal highway. The road condition was pretty good and we travel along with the Yaluzangbu river again. The further we going upstream the river getting narrower, and the scene were pretty much the same like anywhere in Tibet, only the tibetan houses we seen were more in tradition flat roof. Shigatse(@3800m) is the 2 ... 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