View from Xi'an city wall

Xi'an

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September 25th 2012
Day 10 After a 17 hour journey by sleeper train with plenty of red wine, noodles and birthday cake we arrived in Xi'an. We checked into the hotel and had an orientation walk with our tour group. Xi'an, a smaller city (pop. 8m) was not as busy as Beijing or Shanghai but the roads were still manic. The only way to cross several main roads was to chance it at the same time as the ... 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