Xian City Wall

China Trip: Day 6 - Xian

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October 12th 2007
The alarm goes off at 5 or 6 am, and Cindy gets up and says goodbye. Candy and I slept a little longer. I get up and get my bags together and place them outside the door per instruction. Instead of going down and eating breakfast, I decide to spend as much time with Candy as I could. We made out for a while. Then, I had to say goodbye to her, and join my tour group in the lobby. It was another ... 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