Destinations
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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.
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Sviyazhsk, Russia
Founded: 1550 by Ivan the terrible, as a military fortress-town on an island to conquer Kazan’. Pop: 250 With two days allocated for Kazan exploration, we spent first exploring city portion of Kazan. On the second, we decided to venture into countryside. The idea evolved from our desire to take Volga river cruise, which was…