Leaving Xian

Day 9 - July 9

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July 10th 2009
Sites: Terracotta Warriors and Blue Goose Pagoda Sorry for the delay. We have been traveling and I just haven’t kept up with the journal as much. This was our first full day in Xian and the morning included a bus trip about an hour outside the city to see the Terra Cotta Warriors. The city itself is very beautiful and has about 8 million people, which is on a par with the number of people i ... read more

Asia » China » Shanxi

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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