Prayer wheels

I've finally made it to 'Shangri-La' / 'Rooftop of the World'!!

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July 10th 2006
Here's the second installment of my adventures rtw ... Just a correction from my last msg. The red hot peppered dish I had in Chengdu called 'hot pot' was actually not based in simmering oil. It was a dark reddish broth filled with spicy peppers, in which we dipped different ingredients. The ingredients were then put in a tiny individual bowl of clear broth with a bit of sesame seed oil, chopp ... 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