A little acrobatic display

Xi'an

---

November 2nd 2012
Day 1 We arrived in Xi'an at about 8am and transferred to the hotel without any fuss. Xi'an's traffic situation appeared similar to Beijing's; first in, best dressed. We scoffed breakfast (guess what? East bumps into West, with interesting results) and then headed out to the city wall. We caught the tail end of an acrobatic display and then hired bicycles for a 14km ride on the wa ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

---

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