Drying Wheat

Xiahe

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September 9th 2006
9/9 - After 20 sleeper bus from Xian to Lanzouh, we have arrived to Lanzouh at 0600 in the morning and took another bus to Xiahe at 0730. (44.5 Y, 4.5 hours). Xiahe is little Tibetan village at the Tibetan hilly region. It’s a green place, surrounded with grasslands, and it has the largest and most important Tibetan village outside of Tibet. 11/9 - we mention the 9/11 events with little bicycl ... read more

Asia » China » Gansu » Xiahe

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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