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Day 23 Xian, Old city walls

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November 14th 2014
Hi Everyone, So we arrived this morning in Xian, We had an early wake up from our french cabin mate on the train thinking arrival was at 07:20 so was up at 06:00 which was annoying as hell. After a lovely breakfast noodles (Im still now sick of them), we waited around chatting to this French lady from Bordeaux about where we were travelling to and where she had been all very civilised. The ... 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