China 1983
In 1983 I went to China after hearing that the Chinese had opened Tibet for individual travellers. A big sign on the wall of the embassy in Hong Kong made it clear this was not any longer the case. Later I learned the Chinese had closed Tibet again, embarrassed by a book comparing photos from before and after the cultural revolution of numerous temples and monastries in Tibet, which looked like they were bombed by this disastrous exercise.
As an alternative I asked stamps for cities in Inner-Mongolia and Uyghuristan in the North-West, to check out the Turkish-speaking peoples living there.
If you want to go there fast, take the wormhole to that page, click: Uyghuristan
As an alternative I asked stamps for cities in Inner-Mongolia and Uyghuristan in the North-West, to check out the Turkish-speaking peoples living there.
If you want to go there fast, take the wormhole to that page, click: Uyghuristan
Ticket booth for the bus
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For sure he would look back to take a second look
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Clinic
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Members of the Young Pioneers, the communist party's Youth League organization for school-age kids, cleaning a park on Saturday morning.
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The boys are clearly less interested
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All animals are food
A cat offered for sale at a poultry market
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Turtle
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Bamboo rats and other rodents
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Animals one can order when entering the restaurant. Monkeys, masked palm civets, snakes, etc.
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Advertising the animals for sale, incl. dog, and on show rock pigeon, owl, masked palm civet
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Pig parts (heads, lungs, livers, etc.) from a butchery, for sale at a market
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Quick business before the train starts again
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Scene inside a coal fired steam train
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All curious to see the foreigner, but communication difficult as nobody spoke English. One had a book of 'Follow Me', but didn't speak a word. I taught him his first words..... time enough on the days long train rides.
Hard work
Take the wormhole to the One-Child Policy page