Terra-Cotta Army

Xian

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January 4th 2008
Zhengzhuo - Xi'an As we were leaving Zhengzhuo we were met at the train station entrance by the two staff who had sold us the tickets the day before. We were told that they had given us the wrong ticket and only then did we see that the ticket said Beijing and not Xian. (they're not even in the same direction) I gave the tickets to one of the women and she walked off and Sinead didn't know wh ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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