Xian, China

Terracotta Warriors
April 13, 2008 - Xian, China
The main reason for being here in Xian is obviously to seeone of the wonders of the world, the Terrocotta Warriors. They have only recently been discovered, back in the 70's, by a farmer who was digging a well. The amazing dicovery was of a buried army. The first Quin Emperior who was the first to unite China under one ruler conducted a 700,000...
Placed by Tara in Traveling the World!

Destination: Lhasa
February 24, 2008 - Xian, China
We finally got our train tickets and our permit to Lhasa, Tibet - so this time tomorrow, we will be on our merry way! And, today it's SNOWING, which makes Sophie very excited! Like most things we've encountered in Xi'an, getting the permit and train tickets hasn't been easy. Basically, we weren't able to get a permit until we knew exactly what...
Placed by Sophie and David in Asian Adventure

Now we know why it's so "Great"
February 19, 2008 - Xian, China
After hours of trekking up icy mountains, past frozen lakes and over fiery chasms we made it to the great wall of china. Well, maybe that's exaggerating slightly, but it was certainly a hike (the cable car was broken :( ) - three hours from Jinshanling to Simatai. By the time we made it to the wall itself Sophie thought she might die, but to...
Placed by Sophie and David in Asian Adventure

turkey day
November 22, 2007 - Xian, China
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! We've made it safely to Xi'an and have been insanely busy with rehearsals and whatnot... and I've caught a pretty awful cold. Therefore! I promise a wonderful update sometime very soon! Right now I'm going to enjoy some of the nice weather and then the fruit and cake that my parents sent me to celebrate the day!...
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Xi'an
November 21, 2007 - Xian, China
well, Laura and i got the overnight train from beijing to xi'an, which took 12 hours...ha! you cant get a train accross GB in 12 hours! you would hit the bottom and start coming back up again!...our little carriage had two bunks on either side with three bunks in each, and we had the top ones (which i am glad of, as i didnt want to wake up and...
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