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Hunan Trip Report #1: On hiking in Zhangjiajie, taxi drivers, and other larcenous primates

45 minutes on this particular trail and we realized that there was absolutely nobody else around.  It was an odd sensation for two residents of urban China, where every space has eyes and the flow of humanity is a ceaseless feature of the cityscape. ... ...full story at Granite Studio

from Granite Studio on Thu, Jul 09 2009

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