The Warriors

Terracotta Warriors

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November 6th 2010
We have spent two days in Xian and today was a real highlight - The Terracotta Warriors. You see photos or stories on TV but nothing really prepares you for seeing them in real life - amazing! We left our hotel at 8.15 and travelled about an hour or so out to the country. Very cold today and it seemed to get colder during the day. Visibility was down to less than a km this morning - mixture of ... 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