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This blog follows the travels of the Turberfield family as they drop out of the normal busyness of corporate life to explore the ancient art of Tibetan Thangka, the dusty mountaintop temples of the eastern edge of the Tibetan plateau and travel overland from Singapore to England.

Offering to The Spiritual Guide in a lofty gompa perched above the natural fort of Dongwan valley, weekly trips to Shangri La's unpredictable shower rooms, keeping the cows out of the bins, scaling sacred Mount Shika, haggling for pu-er in the tea markets of Kunming and the nightly wonder of the milky way - possibly as far as it's possible to get from the subway at rush hour....

The main contributors are Michelle (also widely known as "The Boss") and David with bits and pieces from San San and Jon Jon. We hope you enjoy and look forward to your comments.

Sunday, 17 April 2011

Leaving the Middle Kingdom

1.4 billion people, 56 ethnic groups, weathers that range from desert heat to mediterranean coolness to Siberian freeze... ... The Middle Kingdom has so much to offer.

For the last 7 weeks, we have seen many parts of China, from walking amid the hundreds years old Pu'er tea, dancing with the colourful Tibetan in the highland, chatting with smiling charismatic coast people, sleeping in ancient Hakka fortified mansion, mesmerized in memory of Old Shanghai, standing in aw in presence of the terricota warriors, and finally falling in love with the mandarin language. All in all, there is still so much to learn and see from a nation so big.

As we sit on the Trans-Mongolian train, looking out as it journeys toward the north, I am thinking I have only seen a little of this middle kingdom and resolve to come back again another day.








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