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Off to the grasslands…

Semester is over but the job’s not done…I’ll be heading off for a one-week trek to the northern reaches of Inner Mongolia (Manzhouli, Hulunbeier) to hang with the Evenki people and possibly get trampled by reindeer.  Should the latte... ...full story at Granite Studio

from Granite Studio on Sun, May 24 2009

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