Xian
April 30th 2009 Xian is the capital of Shaanxi Provence and one of the ancient cities of China. We were drawn here by the history and the chance to see the Tomb of Qin Shi Huang and more importantly its guards... the Terracotta Army.
Having survived our 15 hour train journey from Chengdu intact...actually it wasn't that bad (and at least we were off the roads for a little while), it was just a little surreal b
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