Our Great China Adventure, Part II: XI'AN 700,000 workers spent 36 years building this tomb

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Our Great China Adventure, Part II: XI'AN

May 10th 2007
May 10th- On this day we traveled from Beijing to Xi'an, and we arrived there later that afternoon. Once in Xi'an, we were picked up and introduced to our next tour guide, Emily. Emily took us to our hotel and got us checked in, and then we were on our own. That night we found a delicious restaurant down the street, with a nice mixture of spicy Chinese food and sashimi. Afterwards, we got some s ... 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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