Army of Terracotta Warriors

Tour Day 5 (Terracotta Warriors, Xī’ān Huiling)

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May 23rd 2008
This morning we were up, and had had our cold showers, and were ready for whatever today threw at us. We avoided the hotel for breakfast this time, and Dan and I went down the road to Starbucks. We saw the girls on the way back, and then headed over to the bakery for some bits. Then we all walked back to the hotel, and waited for the others. Once we were all there, we got on the bus bound east out ... read more

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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