The crew

Xi'an, beacon in the night

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March 5th 2012
Xi’an (Late October) Post Huashan while still with the same crew, 3 American teachers and 4 Chinese college students, we hop on a bus to Xi’an. Xi’an is an interesting city with a lot of culture and history. It was the eastern terminus of the silk road so it has a sizeable Muslim population. Xi’an also served as the capital of China for a handful of dynasties, but Xi’an’s claim to fam ... 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