Climbing down a vertical stair at 7000ft

Yay for Xi'an!!! Mt Hua, City Wall & more

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May 16th 2009
Xi'an has been one of my favorite city in China. I have enjoyed riding the bike to do a circuit on the City Wall very much. I hired the bike for RMB20/100mins, RMB30 for every additional 30mins. The money is not a problem but to finish a whole circuit (14km) plus taking photographs on the way isn't an easy task! But that makes the trip interesting. Seeing the sunset on the wall is another enjoymen ... read more

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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