Chinese People Playing in the Fountain

A small city the size of LA

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June 28th 2007
Xi'an is a pretty amazing place, it was once the largest city in the world. The silk road began here and headed out west. We spent that last two days seeing the historical sites here and today we are planning on taking a long taxi ride out of the city and getting into some nature. There are five sacred Daoist peaks about 75 miles east where, if you have the endurance, you can climb to the summit. ... 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