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Tour de Xi'an

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November 4th 2008
welcome to blog part two! We have been in Xi'an now for two days and we love it. If Beijing is the london of china then Xi'an is the Manchester! The people here are great and really friendly. We got the night train from beijing to xian which took 10 hours which flew by for me and not for jamie as he found it hard to sleep. beijing west train station is epic and initially we thought it might be a s ... 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