Orange monk

Day 6

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June 6th 2015
Went to Wenshu Yuan temple, famous for its vegetarian food. All meat dishes made from tofu but looked just like the real thing. Weird! Walked around souvenirs shopping area then back to hotel. I finished my book, Jerry went out to try and find a China FC football shirt and failed! Packed the bags ready for the train journey to Tibet. 8.45pm boarded train for a 42 hour ride!! 6 bunks to a ... 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