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Langmusi N Xiahe Where The Foreigners Never Cease
Aug 9, 2006
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" Hey Hey Hey, Langmusi isn't such a bad town after all. I woke feeling just awesome, neck was still sore but 'Forest Had Run Away' and breakfast was on it's way. We headed down to ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
eddakath
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Langzhu to Xiahe
May 21, 2006
"Our bus driver in Xian , Mr Shu, should have been called Mr Heavy Boot. He wwas the worst driver you could imagine, Foot flat down, hard braking, going for gaps that didn't exist. ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
easties
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Gansu Province - echoes of Tibet
Apr 16, 2006
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"After 2 days of travelling from Xi'an we arrived in Xiahe (in the Gansu province, west of Xi'an). This small town has many Tibetan monks, lots of Prayer Wheels, monasteries and nun ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
worldofbintang
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Xiahe, Gansu
Aug 19, 2007
"Xiahe, Gansu by Tom Carter In these over-publicized times of China's new railroad to Tibet, one might be better off avoiding the tourist circus than rnning away with it. Indeed, un ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
tomcarter
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Xiahe - feels like I'm back home!
May 16, 2007
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"Xiahe is perhaps the second coolest place for hippies in China, besides Tibet. The Labrang monastery here is one of the largest Tibetan monasteries outside of Tibet itself, which i ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
fourloves
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Separate Worlds
Oct 20, 2007
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"It's not so much the capital of Gansu province, nor the mass of Hui and their mosques which line the road - even the smallest village has its minaret and the larger ones have 4 whi ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
sidom
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Silk Road II: Gansu
Sep 6, 2007
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"Part II: Gansu We arrived in Dunhuang and had a free day to explore. Dunhuang is a tourist town really, very small, in the midst of the Gobi desert. I spent a lot of time (and mone ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
justjonas
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Foreigners are stupid.
Jun 21, 2007
"Xiahe was pretty sweet, except for the fact that I nearly froze to death because it's up in the mountains and all I have is t-shirts and shorts. I knew as soon as I got there ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
ninedeuce
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Beer
Aug 10, 2006
"Did I mention beer is only 14p for a very decent 600ml bottle? ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
swhale
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Labrang
Apr 20, 2007
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"Xiahe, ou Labrang, en tibetain, est situee dans l unique Prefecture autonome tibetaine de la province du Gansu. Elle a une atmosphere particuliere car sa population ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
nycos
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Day 65
Nov 16, 2007
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"Day 65 As we got the early bus from Lanzhou we were strolling in the main street in Xiahe already by 11:30 am. I would not say it was a very comfortable ride but it was not a ter ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
gbasilio
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Xiahe
Oct 1, 2005
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"This was our first real trip into a small rural area, our first time at altitude (about 3000m) and our first time in a Tibetan area. Much of western China was (and is) originally p ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
andy_and_niamh
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Xiahe
Jul 16, 2002
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"The day where we have a bumpy bus ride, are insured for 'death caused by acute disease', eat popcorn and fall in love with a Tibetan village. Getting our first bus was far easier t ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
becks
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Taste of Tibet
Aug 26, 2006
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"We arrived into Lanzhou with hopes of continuing west along the silk road all the way to Kashgar via Urumuqi. But we were stopped in our tracks when we found out trains heading wes ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
rofo
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Xiahe
May 10, 2006
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"Xiahe was also a bit of a pain to get to but nothing like the trip to Langmusi. It too was only about 150km and it was a 4 hour journey to Hezo and then a very bumpy 2 hour journey ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
stubo
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Prayer Wheels
Aug 7, 1998
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"0:12 Baihailou Binguan, Xiahe; Gansu--China :: WE 05 JUL 98 Clockwise. Always clockwise. Clockwise round. Walking, spinning. Always clockwise. The wheels turn, continue turning, af ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
hex_angel
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Like the wild west... but with monks
Jul 27, 2006
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"In January, when I was contemplating booking a tour in China, a guy called Buzz at STA travel in Newcastle attempted to describe what Sichuan was like. 'Like the wild west, but wit ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
shona
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yak milk - it does your body good
Nov 6, 2007
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"There are about 2.4 million Tibetans living in Tibet. Approximately the same number again, however, live in the Chinese provinces bordering Tibet (Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, etc). Sin ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
linan
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Lanzhou to Xiahe
Mar 10, 2007
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"Local bus through Linxia to Xiahe (Tibetan town), traversed mountain roads as main highway closed due to snow - a hairy old ride, saw trucks that had come a cropper. One truck had ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
kandk
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Xiahe
Sep 3, 2005
"Tibetien town of Xiahe ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
yftahp
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Xiahe - a little slice of heaven
May 28, 2006
"This is weird. I'm about 3000 meters above sea level on the Tibet-Qinghai plateau, in a small Tibetan-Buddhist monastery town where donkeys defecate with indifference on the street ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
flennon5
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Labrang Monastery
Aug 26, 2007
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"In the morning we went on a tour of Labrang Monastery. They wouldn't let us take any pictures inside the actual temples, but the views from the outside weren't too shabby.&nb ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
avonreyn
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Gravediggers, goats, and a teepee
May 29, 2006
"Well, a week (I guess it's been more than that) is clearly too long for me to wait between entries. I've done and seen so much that it will be impossible for me to do it all justic ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
jweinsto
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Klein Tibet
Jul 30, 2004
"Daar zijn we dan in Tibet, vooruit klein Tibet. Het echte Tibet valt helaas niet in te passen op onze reis. Hier in Xiahe hebben we dus eeen passend alternatief gevonden. Op iets m ..."
A travel blog entry from Xiahe by
rnas
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