Beginning of the Silk Road 20160718_121019_LLS

Beginning of the Silk Road

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July 18th 2016
Hi All, My second time visiting Xi'an and I don't remember it being this busy when I was here 6 years ago. With only 3 days here we visited the Muslim Quarter, and mosque, The Small Wild Goose Pagoda, The Temple of The 8 Immortals and of course the Terracotta Warriors. All in all it's been a good few days and the dry heat has been a great change from the humidity of Hunan. We catch the train tomo ... 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