The Silk Road

The Monument representing the beginning of the ancient Silk Road route, and the start of our awesome adventure!

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Jagerbombs, Beethoven and some old Warriors

September 25th 2008
We arrived in Xi'an after our first of many overnight train journeys, and it was wet and miserable weather, and it was to stay like that for the whole 3 days we were there! How unfortunate! Xi'an was fantastic, despite the weather, every morning we were woken up with Beethoven being played at the primary school directly opposite our hotel, and it would be on repeat for about 20 minutes and played ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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