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Ancient Wooden Architecture of Zhaoxing, Dong Village, Guizhou, China

Guizhou is one of lesser-visited provinces of China. This is largely due to its remote mountainous character and bad roads, especially in its southeastern corner, where a number of fascinating ethnic minorities such as Bouyei, Sui, Hui, Zhuang, Miao and Dong are found. Although much of these ethnic groups live in poverty, Dong relatively prosper […]

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Ladakh House Style in Little Tibet of India

Ladakh is known as the Little Tibet. It is a cultural satellite of Tibet that is part of India and is in fact one of India’s most remote regions. Located in extreme northwestern corner of India, it lies in the rain shadow of the High Himalaya. Receiving only fraction of monsoonal rains but found in

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Massive Tibetan Houses of Zhongdian

The Tibetan architecture of temples as well as houses is always manifested by solid structures no matter where they are found, whether in Central Tibet, in Sikkim or Bhutan and elsewhere in the eastern Himalayas, the Nepal Himalayas or in the far western reaches of Tibet including Ladakh. In the old Tibetan town of Zhongdian

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Cruising Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo

TomBel

Undeniably the Li River landscape between Guilin and Yangshuo belongs to one of the most memorable experiences of any visitor to China. The river gently meanders amidst limestone mounds that everyone etches in his mind forever. Names of hills, towns and villages along the river add to the nature’s masterpiece that this part of China

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Suru Valley & Pensi La, the Gateway to Zanskar

TomBel

The Mulbekh Gompa, about three quarters of the way from Leh to Kargil, marks the end of the Buddhist Ladakh and the beginning of its Muslim parts. The Muslim culture here as in Kargil and from here on toward the alpine valleys of Kashmir as well as the first third of the way toward Zanskar,

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Fast-melting Siachen glacier may change toursim in Nubra

TomBel

As all glaciers around the globe, the Siachen glacier in the Karakoram parts of Nubra, the northern most district of Ladakh, in the remote northwestern corner of India, is meting, and rapidly. It was reported today it has shrunk to half its size. Not long ago it was the highest battleground in the world where

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Karsha Festival in Remote Zanskar, the Little Tibet of India

TomBel

With the current lockdown of Tibet and the unlikely chance that even if Tibet reopens once again, tourists will not be allowed to roam about as was possible more than a year ago. It well may be that Ladakh, referred to as the Little Tibet, the most remote outpost of India and a cultural satellite

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“Output tting” – bit of humor in Zhongdian Bus Station

TomBel

“Output tting” hails a sign at the Zhongdian Bus Station in Yunnan. Funny sign but it gets the message across – “This Way to Exit.” Above the gate it says ” Leaves the stopping place.”

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Crackdown in Tibetan-populated Areas and Lithang Festival

TomBel

Canceled in 2008 because of protests and calls for Tibetan independence the previous year, the annual Lithang horse-racing festival may not happen once again this year if the situation in Tibet and much of the Tibetan-populated areas will turn for the worse in coming days. Tensions have been reported as high ahead of the 50th

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Time to visit Luang Prabang is now

TomBel

Following end of Vietnam – American war and its postwar alignment with North Vietnam’s communist system of government, Laos fell into obscurity. With the fall of Berlin Wall and dismantling of Soviet Union, Laos as Vietnam slowly opened its borders to international tourism. Vientiane, the capital, became the first target as a result of easy

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