Xian: The Great Mosque

Located in the Muslim quarter, it's one of the largest Mosques in China; established in 742 but rebuilt (18th century), lots of gardens and prayers. I like this photo as it was taken at the precise moment when the muezzin was calling to prayer, a routine which is done times a day from the minaret.

Connecting the West and East on the Silk Road, in China

February 28th 2007
Creating a blog... how does it work? They made it easy, it seems...I just hope that I'm doing it quite well, so, let's start with my first travelling holidays in China, quite hectic -I must say- as back in July 2006, (my sister'd never forgive me for this as it meant cutting my holidays short in Colombia) I decided to do the Silk Road (3 weeks) and the trip to Colombia (5 weeks) at roughly the sam ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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

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