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May 25, 2004

Stores, Chores, and Bores in Beijing

I'm back in Beijing for a brief stint, before I head to my final destination, Mongolia. I had come to China in order to get a visa for Mongolia but as it turned out, when I arrived at the embassy...

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Posted by Claudia at 04:30 AM
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May 14, 2004

More Pics

More photos... Yesterday I let off by posting the view from the nunnery near Samye, but here are two of the adorable nuns and them giggling after I showed them the first photo. The scenic ferry we took to Samye...

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Posted by Claudia at 07:16 AM
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May 13, 2004

Tibet Photos

PHOTOS!!!!!! The quality and sizing may be off but I'm working with some really basic software.. bear with me. Roof top view of the Dalai Lama's Potala Palace Ant and me in front of the Potala A few skeletons that...

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Posted by Claudia at 09:44 AM
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Birthday Cakes

The evening of my 28th birthday was filled with laughes and strange food. Ant and I arrived at the bar for drinks a bit later because it took me a while to clean up in the three drops of water...

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May 10, 2004

China Update Part Deux

Ok, to continue my updating of what's been going on: After running over the two donkeys, we started climbing up into the high passes of the mountains. The two highest were over 5000 meters, which for the imperialists, is 16400...

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Posted by Claudia at 08:51 AM
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May 09, 2004

Catch Up on Tibet!

Where to begin? I've been out of internet contact for ages and so much has happened. This is going to be difficult. I guess before I even attempt to write about my last week, I have to say thanks to...

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Posted by Claudia at 09:16 AM
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May 03, 2004

Last days in Lhasa

I've been in Tibet for over a week now and things have been busy busy busy. We polished off our time in Lhasa by visiting the Potala Palace, the former home of the Dalai Lama, and Ganden Monastery, up in...

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Posted by Claudia at 10:53 AM
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April 27, 2004

Lhasa Lhasa!!

As I mentioned in a prior post, we arrived in Lhasa. I was exhausted when we got here but since then, we've been cruising around town. Flying into Lhasa requires a 1.5 hour bus ride into town through some beautiful...

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Posted by Claudia at 07:49 AM
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I Forgot to Mention Chengdu!!

As I was just rereading my own posts, I realized I had forgotten to mention my stop in Chendu. I had been in Chengdu a few years ago and it didn't really do anything for me. This time, I had...

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Posted by Claudia at 06:48 AM
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April 25, 2004

Lijiang Photos

I am finally able to post my photos from Lijiang. The city was magic and I wish I had had more time there. Here are a few images (please excuse the bad quality/color, I only had Paint to reduce the...

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Posted by Claudia at 04:41 AM
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April 22, 2004

Lijiang Magic

The group has left Kunming for the small city (relatively) of Lijiang of 1 million people but before we left, Ant and I visited a few sights in Kunming itself. We spent a few hours at the Yuantong Si temple...

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Posted by Claudia at 06:03 AM
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April 18, 2004

Kunming at Last

After two boring days in Jinhong, I was ready to move on to Kunming and meeting up with Anthony again. I had spent the better part of my time in Jinhong reading Clan of the Cave Bear in the Mei...

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April 15, 2004

Overland from Laos into China

I'm in China these days, having crossed the border from Laos. Yesterday was a long day to say the least. First, I got up early and caught a two hour truck to the border town. I then had to get...

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Posted by Claudia at 09:14 PM
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