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 Upon reaching the provincial capital of Xining from Xiahe, I decided to head out along the Hexi corridor, a valley between the Tibtan plateau on the south and the mountains of the Gobi desert on the north. The geography forms a natural channel leading out of China to the west and central Asia […]  123► The city of Xiahe, in China’s Gansu province, is home to the massive Tibetan monastery of Labrang. I had timed my arrival to coincide with a festival on the 20th of August. There were a lot of pilgrims performing the kora, circumambulation, around the monastery. The monastery was one of the most […]  12► The small Tibetan town of Langmusi straddles the border between the Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Gansu. It has become a popular stop for tourists traveling between these two provinces via the Tibetan plateau due two the two monasteries in town and the surrounding jagged mountain landscape. Of course with the tourist […]  Chenyang, China Entries in pdf format from my travels in China when I was still emailing my Travel Journal. The Bridges of Dong County pdf Gaoding: Baiju Srikes Back pdf Zhaoxing: The VIP dinner pdf Miao villages: Basha and Xijiang pdf Tagong: A night with the nomads pdf […] | |||
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