Heng shang bei

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This is probably one of the most amazing places I have ever visited.  A temple perched on the side of a cliff, overshadowed by a Soviet era dam.  I had been looking forward to see it for years and, as luck would have it, I arrived when it was completely covered in scaffolding.

Regardless, it was quite spectacular and one of the places I had to see, the sort of place to see in dreams, almost impossible and certainly surreal...

   
 

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