Muslim Quarter

Xian

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August 8th 2013
We were awoken by a train attendant at 8am checking tickets but still had an hour left till we would actually be in Xian, one of the oldest cities in China. Once we had arrived we were greeted by a girl from the hostel we were staying at, Hantang House. The hostel was really nice and the room was even better. It didn't feel like a hostel at all more like a hotel, we even had a rain shower in t ... 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