Little Goose Pagoda

Xian & Little Goose Pagoda

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November 5th 2010
We left Beijing very early (5.15 from the hotel to get to the airport for an 8.30 flight because of the traffic!!) Then it was a 2 1/2 hour flight to Xian. Interesting breakfast on the plane - congee and a "Chinese Hamburger" and a boiled egg in soy sauce - loved the burger (interesting type of bread and a type of corned meat I think) and the egg but only took one mouthful of the congee - but at ... 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