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Terracotta Warriors

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March 20th 2009
Xi'an is lovely and our hostel is really great, its in a very traditional building and has a terracotta themed bar in the basement where we have met lots of great people. the first day we arrived in the afternoon and dumped our stuff and went to the cafe for some food and to claim our free welcome coffee, we met a french guy and a swiss guy who had just arrived too from mongolia. we all went out f ... 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