A Bit of a Disappointment 20180812_174856

A Bit of a Disappointment

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August 14th 2018
Hi All. After Mingyong it was back to Shangri-la for a couple of nights. I was really looking forward to seeing the old town and I was really disappointed. It felt empty and lifeless. The monastery also felt to be rather soulless when compared to the temples and monasteries we had seen in Sichuan. Never mind. On to Lijiang. Enjoy the photos JAH Bless ... 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