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Seeing Yang Liguang, you might never imagine that the thin boy traveled independently to Tibet for one month. More (1) , the 21-year-old man from Henan University of Science and Technology brought only 500 yuan (2) him and earned other funds for travel on the way. He (3) his dream and experienced the most (4) moments of his life.
Yang acquired his love for Tibet after watching a documentary about the holy place. (5) was because he was moved (6) by their devoted faces and sincere emotions that he wanted to go there himself.
(7) Yang had been preparing for the Tibet trip for three years – doing exercise, learning hiking and wilderness (8) skills, practicing photography and reading travel guides – he still met some unexpected challenges (9) .
“Since it was my first time in Tibet, I underestimated the cost. I had to use every
(10) to live cheaply and make more money,” he says. During the travel, he did several different jobs, including helping people reserve tickets to enter the Potala Palace as well as (11) leaflets(传单). And what he felt most (12) about was selling souvenirs(纪念品).
For most of the trip, Yang (13) situations properly except one hopeless moment. “Once A girl and I wanted to go back to Lhasa, but we couldn’t get a free ride (14) 3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon”. But there was only one seat (15) . He gave his seat to the girl, but he left his luggage on board. When he (16) his mistake, he couldn’t (17) the vehicle, and he didn’t have a cell phone. He had to walk alone along the road in such cold weather. He was lucky enough to (18) catch a bus to Lhasa, (19) he met the girl again and got his luggage.
The trip didn’t only bring Yang good memories and friends (20) also beautiful photos. “I earned some money by selling the photos in my campus, which will fund my next trip,” Yang says.