A pretty flower at Nam-Tso

0.05 Years in Tibet

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July 15th 2005
Tibet: Shangrila, the roof of the world, the land of snows... with a lovely touch of cultural genocide thrown in for good measure. Since the last update, I've travelled in Tibet through some of the real highs and lows of this trip so far, until visa restraints, and general travel weariness, deposited me in the veritable oasis of western goodies that is Thamel, Kathmandu (of course this means th ... 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