Li River Scenery

China - Xi'an and Guilin

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July 24th 2010
Our original plan after Beijing had been to get an overnight sleeper train to Xi’an (pronounced She-an) where we would see the Terracotta Warriors and then another overnight sleeper train to Guilin where we would spend a few days seeing the scenic rivers and mountains. All seemed quite simple until we discovered the weird and wonderful world of Chinese train booking procedures…. The problem w ... read more

Asia » China

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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