Asia
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3 November 2013 – Chengdu, China
Drinking tea is the popular past time in Chengdu, China — so we join in — and its delicious!
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2 November 2013 – Chengdu, China
Jumping off at the bus stop in Chengdu after our adventure in Tibet.
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1 November 2013 – Kangding, China
Walking around downtown Kangding, China.
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31 October 2013 – Tagong, China
More hiking in Tagong — fjording a river in the snow storm edition.
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30 October 2013 – Tagong, China
We made it to the Tibetan village of Tagong, high up in the mountains, where we visited a monastery after a lengthy hike fighting altitude weakness.
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29 October 2013 – Kangding, China
Hiking (or riding, really) up Paoma Shan in Kangding. Some awesome views, and a great first day of our Tibet adventure.
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28 October 2013 – En route, Kangding, China
We go up and up and up on the bus from Chengdu to Kangding — the starting point for our Tibet adventure.
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Month 2 Roundup
Getting close with the camels in the steppes of Mongolia Stats Days on the road: 61 Distance traveled: 3622.13 miles by plane – 0 miles / 0 km by train – 2363.7 miles / 3804 km by bus – 302 miles / 486 km by boat – 502.23 miles / 808.26 km by car – 454.2 miles / 730.9 km Number of beds: 13
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27 October 2013 – Chengdu, China
Supermarkets of the world series – Chengdu, China grocery shopping.
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26 October 2013 – Chengdu, China
Riding around Chengdu in a car (!) with our gracious and lovely host ShanShan. In the video we pass by the main square – Tianfu.
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25 October 2013 – En route to Chengdu, China
Hanging out on the train as we journey from Wuhan to Chengdu. We purchased “hard sleep” births, which are equivalent to Russia’s third class, “platskart.”
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24 October 2013 – Wuhan, China
Checking out the campus of Science and Technology University in Wuhan China. Only something like 60,000 people live on campus. There are 38 (!) canteens.