Potala Palace

A visit to the Land of Happiness

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July 13th 2013
I would never forget the trip I and my cousins Nini and Dewi had back in May 2011 to Lhasa. It’s not like we had planned it for a long time, even though it’s on my high priority places to visit (perhaps, I was inspired by Brad Pitt’s movie “Seven Years in Tibet”). First of all, it was a challenge to match everyone’s schedule considering each of us worked. Thankfully, we managed to get ... 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