a lake in Tibet

Leaving China at last!

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October 13th 2010
When we last wrote we had just seen the adorable pandas in Chengdu and we decided to spend our last month in China heading West. Our first stop was Songpan, a mere 12 hour bus ride away which included seeing loads of landslides and even a punch up between our driver and another driver! In Songpan we did a 3 day horse trek that invloved camping out in the wilds....seemed like a good idea at the t ... 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