Chode Gompa 20180727_103516

Chode Gompa

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July 27th 2018
Hi All, The altitude makes it difficult but it is so worth it. Only planned to stay here a few days but a man informed us that next week there will be a horse racing festival so we've decided to stay on a little longer. Litang is a dusty town on the Chengdu - Lhasa highway resting at about 4000 metres, around 13,000 feet in old money, above sea level. The population is largely Tibetan but there ... 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