Lynn and Gigi

Xi'an day 1

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March 18th 2008
A truly amazing day, first of all because it is 21 deg C = about 75 F, sunny through the ever=present haze of this area, and the magnolia and cherry/apple/plum trees are all in full bloom. This morning Gigi took us to the Terra Cotta warriors site. We had lunch at a roadside area, where we met a female cop from Chicago who has been working in Afghanistan for the last four years instructing pol ... 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