The Terracotta Warriors

Rising from the dirt....The Terracotta Warriors

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April 24th 2008
Today was the day I checked one of my big to do's off my list - The Terracotta Warriors! This one is dedicated to JZ, whom which I have spent many a Sunday's roaming Toronto looking at Terracotta replicas. I found Tour Bus #306. This was again an adventure as it involved taking a local public bus to the train station and the locating this tour bus. People were not of great assistance in helping me ... 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