Category: China

The Different Colors of Old Silk Road

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I am at my ‘home sweet home’ now enjoying the tropical raining season. Been busy recuperating from my previous back to back traveling and at the same time catching up with my life. There were a few times during this week whereby my mind were cramped and congested with my ‘things to do’ activities that I kinda missed my ’empty and blank’ mind during traveling.

Ahh … “All that glitters is not gold, all who wander are not lost.” J.R.R Tolkien

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Minimalist mindset in Tibet

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Last year, I visited Tibet via overland routes from Xining to Lhasa  (1,907km long). I had been curious about Tibet for quite some time.  The mysterious Tibetans that stayed up high on the mountain and their features looked a lot like the Native Americans in the US, the stories of the Dalai Lama with monasteries and nunneries playing a very strong role in Tibetan culture, the political struggles and so on.

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