q-IMG 1881 - Small Goose Pagoda - ringing the bell for good luck

Xi'an - Small Goose Pagoda and City Walls

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October 19th 2009
We arrived in Xi’an after our overnight train ride around 8am (I think - can’t really remember the time). Not many people managed to get a good not sleep, except perhaps our guide John (who we shared a cabin with) who we shared two bottles of wine and a bottle of beer each (a bottle of beer is 500ml!). Everybody was craving a shower since our previous day in the Hutong area of Beijing, ev ... 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