Xian here we come! November 12th 2007 Nee how!
We all arrived in Xian after just a short flight of 1 hour 30 minutes. Much easier and quicker than the 13 hours on a train we could have done. We jumped staight into a taxi to find our hotel. The air seemed slightly better than in Beijing but we saw some pretty derelict stuff on the journey where people obviously lived. We got to our hotel which was actually in the same chain as the o ... 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
This is the start of our 6 month travels, we start in china and are working our way down through south east asia to singapore then fly out to bali. From bali we head to adelaide and go up the gold coast of australia. Then from oz we are hopping over to New Zealand, starting from the bottom in Christchurch and going all the way up to the top, where we fly out of auckland. Finally, we have a week chillaxing in fiji before flying back to england!!... full info