Yalong River canyon. See our road on the left.

Ganzi to Litang - Another amazing day

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August 18th 2010
Every day seems to bring something new, unexpected, amazing, and wonderful. Today brought these things in abundance as we travelled over the provinicial highway in a chartered van on the provincial road south to Litang. All in all we gained 2000 feet in elevation, moving from an agriculturally-oriented Tibetan region to one that typifies the wide-open spaces and nomadic herding way of life. On ... 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