Jane hiting a little bit of ice

Tibet

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January 5th 2010
So after a couple more days chilling out in Kathmandu, the strikes finished, with no outcome!!! Anyway, we hitched a ride to the China/Nepal boarder with a bunch of other tourists (the company we booked our "tour" through thought we need an escort!) which was sweet as, except this loser who thought that he was flying to Lhasa and caught a cab to the airport because the mini van was 5 minutes late, ... 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