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Xi'an - Day 2

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October 10th 2010
We got up super early.. 6 flippin' a.m. Yuck. I got ready, and we actually got a taxi real quick. The driver was for real pumped to have foreigners in his taxi. He was talking to Wendy asking all kinds of questions and stuff. It was funny.. but not as funny as it could have been since it was so early.. you know me, I don't like mornings much. We got to the bus station about 7:20 and found ... 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