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Eclipse Fever In Indian Village - UPDATES

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« Reply #15 on: July 23, 2009, 07:57:52 am »










Cause for celebration



So, too, was their guide, Carol Fang, who works for Hangzhou-based Absolute China Tours, one of the dozens of travel companies offering tours of at least 10 days arranged around the astronomical event. The bill: about $1,300 a head.

Ms. Fang led her group to a reservoir in Anji county, where local officials roped off the mountaintop and charged 150 yuan ($22) per person.

Fang watched with thousands of local stargazers from a free, public spot down the mountain.

"It was very, very exciting," she says. "Everybody was quiet at first but then, as the full eclipse happened, everyone cheered. They couldn't help it."
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