yaks on the street

Reflections

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June 11th 2011
It’s been almost three weeks now since I stepped into the cobbled streets of Shangri’la’s old town and since that moment, I’ve completely and hopelessly fallen in love with this place. Now; I really feel and can really understand why people love to travel- it’s not just so you can go to some destination and eat food and take a picture; it’s truly about the people that you meet and th ... 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