Xi'an 40 winks.

Xi'an

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June 15th 2007
/Steven/ We arrived at 6.30 this morning on our sleeper train from Beijing. Whilst Lelde went with the few other travellers to our hostel, I endeavoured to get our onward train tickets to Lanzhou, Gansu provence( from where we will get a daytime bus, all being well, to Xiahe- one of the most important sites for Tibetan buddhists outside Tibet). fearing the worst- probably a total lack of compr ... read more

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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