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Xi'An - Day 4

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October 11th 2010
I actually made it out of bed at 7. It took 15 years for the shower to get hot. It was so cold. I made good time though, and I was out by 7:20. Wendy got up a little earlier this morning.. 7:30. P came up and used her hair dryer and straightener because we still had it. Wendy and I packed up and headed down to J & P's. We put our stuff in there so we wouldn't have to go back upstairs to get ... 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