Bell Tower

Xi'an

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May 14th 2011
We woke up bright and early and went down stairs for breakfast in the adjoining restaurant, we got one free meal with our stay. The breakfast was really bad and we had to pay for one of our meals which was way over priced. It would have been better to find another place to eat. The hotel hired a driver for us to get to the terracotta warriers. I think it took about 45 minutes to get there from dow ... 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