At a teahouse/old family mansion

Travelling - First Stop - Xi'an

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January 21st 2010
Travelling - First Stop - Xi'an So we now have about 7 weeks holiday for the winter break - or Chinese Spring Festival (like our Christmas) so we're spending 1 month travelling round. The general plan of direction is Shaanxi, Guizhou, Guangxi then Yunnan, though how and when we get to each place is fairly relaxed and unplannable due to Chinese train ticket regulations! We can't buy tra ... 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