A sign of the times

It's holiday time!!

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July 15th 2009
Wed 15 July - Arrived in Xi’an after a tiring and very bumpy 5 and half hour bus journey. After a couple of uncertain directions we caught bus #603 from the bus station to the Xiangzimen Youth Hostel and eventually got a mixed dorm sorted for the night before wandering up town whilst waiting for a phone call re our Xizang permit. After a snack in the Muslim quarter we returned to the hostel for ... read more

Asia » China

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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