Bejeweled Tibet
September 7th 2006 We came along to this high land upon the newest railway in the world, just built and opened this July 2006. The scenery changing as we crossed from Sichuan into the Tibetan plateau, from scrupulously utilized farmland --every inch of space used to plant either rice, corn, peanuts, or vegetables-- to the endless expanses of land on the plateau, nearly devoid of people but rich in plant and animal
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