Great Mosque Xi'an

Desde Beijing, tomamos el tren nocturno hacia Xian, la tierra de los guerreros de terracota. El tren estuvo bien, ya que nos esperábamos algo menos moderno, pero nos sorprendió. La estación de tren era gigantesca, como casi todas las construcciones y la sala de espera...aún mayor...Afortunadamente la persona que nos vendió los tickets nos explicó …

Hello from Xian!

Another easy transfer, another hotel I managed to find without asking for directions and another day without getting seriously lost. You know, I might start to believe this is competence rather than luck. No, can't be. It just doesn’t sound right!

So far, my impressions of Xian is that the only reason people …

Ah ha! My internet works again (for now at least). Anyway, during the 国庆节
(National
Holiday... it marks the birth of the CCP on October 1^st,
1949) I went to 西安（Xi'an）.< br> It was a good trip. I went by myself; had to lie to everyone
and tell them I was going to meet up …

Arrived in the pale cold dawn in Xi'an just before 8 a.m. Our new guide was Julie, she was typical of the people of Xi'an. In our experience Xi'an is the most sophisticated city we visited in China. Our driver Mr Teng was the same. His van was well maintained and very tidy compared to our Beijing van.
We went firstly to the Grand New World …

Up early this morning and had a great breakfast at the Hotel to get us started for the day. Rang Mum in New Zealand for her 79th Birthday. She is having a great day. At 8.30 we headed out of the city to the northeast for 40 or so kilometers to the Terracotta Warriors and Soldiers Museum. Firstly we called into a Government Factory that manufactured …

Blog en foto's volgens ná mijn bezoek …

Bonjour a tous !

2eme journee a Xi' An today.

Au programme : tentative d'achat de billets de train entre Chengdu et Kunming. Cette fois on s'y prend bien a l'avance histoire d'etre sures d'avoir des couchettes. Ca releve de la galere pour trouver le guichet (toute petite fenetre dans une vague rue), L'hotel n;est vraiment pas …

Arrived an hour later than scheduled after a 12hr journey, didn't matter too much just eager to get off and stretch my legs properly.

Another busy rampage through the station to the exit and saw the beautiful view of Xi'an city walls.

Although I was feeling tired from the train journey I took a trip to see the Wild Goose Pagoda - …

I arrived in Xian today after a train
ride from Luoyang. Upon arrival to Xian, we visited the Great
mosque. On the way there I was expecting the Great Mosque to be the
traditional Arab style Mosque but I was in for a surprise; this
mosque was nothing like any other mosque I have seen in the Middle
East. In fact it had a …

The last two days have been spent in Xi'an (pronounced Shi'an - a bit like my name). This is the start of the official silk road.. although the goods traded along the silk road headed east from Xian to markets in Shanghai, Xian is the point at which the caravans got together to head on the dangerous western routes..

I have to confess - i …

... the airport at noon. The next morning the whole troupe of us went back through the fog to the Muslim quarter to see the Great Mosque. It's built in the same style as a Chinese temple, with the same type of dragons and turtle sculptures adorning the ...

... around on his phone oblivious to the hooting and the traffic. We circled the muslim quarter of Xi'an as we couldn't find the entrance for the Great Mosque (should be retitled the "Great bloody hard to find Mosque"). We found it down some unidentified ...

... nbsp; A lovely Nikey number for 3 pounds.  I wonder how long it will be until that falls apart?  We also took a look at the Great Mosque but it was too dear to go in (5 pounds each) so we gave it a miss. Back at the hosel we collected our train ...

... walk around the wall anyway and spent a nice couple of hours talking. Tuesday we found the Great Mosque and the market. and some great finds like an ornamental/decorative knife for my dad, which we are hoping that Australia post will kindly let into ...

... Mosque Five minutes walk from the Drum Tower, in the Muslim residential area, there stands a famous Islamic mosque in China - Xian Great Mosque. Unlike other Arabic mosques which have splendid domes, minarets reaching into the clouds, and colorful ...

... 'Big Goose Pagoda', the Drum and Bell Towers in the centre of the city and the old Muslim Quarter. We went to the Great Mosque which was a beautiful collection of buildings in a garden with several different courtyards and a prayer hall at the end. It ...

... and the larger creatures looked sorrowful, listless and vacant. It was depressing. However, back in town, another surprise awaited: The Great Mosque. Sitting in the middle of the Muslim quarter, faces west (towards Mecca) instead of the usual South or ...

... of Tang Dynasty. Rent a bike and bike around the city. But do NOT fall, like some people we know ... . The city's Muslim quarter, which is home to the Great Mosque of Xi'an, is a must for a stroll in the evening: nothing like I have ever seen ...

... and I think it was good. We headed back to the hostel and slept...Today I went with the boys to the great mosque and the muslim quarter in Xi'an. The weather was beautiful! Its the first time I have seen the sky since I've been in China! The mosque was ...

... chariots found at the site.  We headed back to Xi’an in the late afternoon to visit the city’s Great Mosque, which was developed during the Ming and Qing dynasties in pretty classic Chinese architectural style. From there we proceeded to ...