Chaos at the station

Warriors, BMX Bandits and Pop Idols...

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March 2nd 2007
We survived our first overnight train ride and even managed to climb up and down to our top bunks without any major accidents. We were glad to get out of the train station and to our hotel and looking forward to eating something other than instant noodles. After a well needed shower we spent the day checking out the city and in the afternoon hired bikes to ride around the top of the city walls ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more