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Beijing has changed greatly since my last visit: it is more polluted, to the point that I can't see 150 to 200 meters down the street. I haven't seen the sun since I set foot in the city. A...

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Beijing - Chengdu by train

After a last dinner with the Ambassador, I made my fond goodbyes and left the french residence, leaving behind all this luxury with a slight pinch of the heart but generally very happy to leave Bei...

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Stuck in Chengdu

After a painful and early wake up (Bene had to kick me a number of times so that I would finally emerge from my Chinese Alcohol induced coma), we got ready for our arrival in Chengdu at 07:00. We ...

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Yak hotel in Lhassa

Once again, an early wake up: 0400. I was too excited to care: I am going to Lhasa, the forbidden city, protected by the most inhospitable terrain and some of the highest mountains in the world, th...

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Unveiling the tangka at the world's highest monastry

I am starting to suffer from all of those early wake ups. Bene is consoling me by telling me that I can have a lie-in the next day. So, yet again, up at 04:00 in the morning to catch our bus to go ...

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