Xinjiang sunset

Xinjiang's ghost highway

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May 24th 2010
It gave us a huge lift to find this stretch of perfect highway closed off to traffic. It allowed us the freedom to roam and put in good distance as the evening turned to night. All the better, as the sunset gave us a blood red sky and no wind to ease Tati's fears of Silent John's doomsday predictions of all out armagedon if we were to leave Xingxingxia without him.The only worry was a lightning st ... 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