The Terracotta Warriors - Part 3

Terracotta Warriors

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November 15th 2006
Hello from Xi'an where the weather is distinctively more wintry and the food somewhat spicier! Firstly a small amendment - in our last entry we said that we climbed the Great Wall - we meant we climbed part of it - it is considerably bigger than the 10k we trekked!! Also, we have finally figured out how to upload photos so please revisit the previous entries to check them out. We are in Xi'a ... 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