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Water Show in Xian  
   

Water Show in Xian

This water show is one of the largest water shows in the world. It was amazing! The water would flow with the music and at great heights. The one pool shot about 200ft in the air...massive! This was in the grounds around the Big Goose Pagoda.
Pingyao, Xian, Yangtze river

October 1st 2008
We left Beijing to a small town mearly 12 hours away. Like all of you, we had never heard of this place. After a comfortable, yet different ride abord a train in a hard sleeper, we arrived at Pingyao. This place is ancient. The old town is completely surrounded by a huge wall that is still in tact. Most buildings in the town are incredibly old. Our hotel was an old bank that was over 1500 years o ... read more
Asia » China

Chinese Flag 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
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