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Xi'an Slideshow
Xi'an
Travel Blogs from Xi'an, China
Its a Bird! Its a plane! Its the Lantern Festival!
This is a top pick! ... , entire streets are blocked off, with lanterns mounted above and to the sides, creating a hallway of lamps. Some cities in North China even make lanterns from blocks of ice! And just as in days gone by, the billion-watt background sets the scene for ...
More China Pics!
I was having trouble loading all of them in one post. So this is part 2! Kisses - ...
The Xian City Arts Corner N Freddy Kruger Turtles
This is a top pick! Hey Hey and a Big G'Day toya Art supplies. Being the budding artist that I am (NOT!), I thought it best that I visit the cities major art supplies centre to stock up on all those art 'things' that I don't have. You know, ...
"The Dance"
... ago (Thursday, 2011, 6-2), in a far away land (West Xi'an, 35-40 min from my host family's home) on a happy, muggy Xi'an night. I had just spent an evening with Ms. Magnuson's very gracious, some might say, too gracious, host family. Lauren's host ...
Is that fog out there?? Ah no, it's pollution!
Yes, that is the question we asked ourselves when landing at Xi'An airport. In fact, the pollution was so bad, we couldn't see 100 meters away. Everything was covered in a thick blanket of smog, giving the city a post-apocalyptic feel... We stayed 3 ...
It only took 800 Years! (not the flight)
... kids. In Shanghai we got them from one of Charlie Liu's friend/contact. Today's instruments were from the Music Conservatory in Xi'an. They had just had a rehearsal so they were already all tuned up ready to go - it was perfect!! ...
Road Rage in Xi'an
... each other. What excitement - there was quite a buzz amongst the crowd that gathered. I ended up spending quite a few days in Xi'an. Not as a result of any must see attractions or must do pursuits, simply because there was a good scene at the hostel, ...
Xian City Walk N Inside The Big Drum
This is a top pick! ... Bell Tower and Drum Tower Square. Both of them are called the 'sister buildings' or 'morning bell and dark drum'. In ancient China, especially from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the drums were used to signal the running of time and on occasion were used ...
Happy Birthday China N The Martyrs Cemetery
This is a top pick! ... the big feller stood up on the 1st of October 1949 and said 'Hey Man! Like, I'e got an idea! Like, let's become the People's Republic of China and I'll be Chairman!' So began the huge Communist Movement at the beginnings of the ...
The Loooong Train Journey to Gulin
This is a top pick! *****There no photos for this entry***** *****will add more detail when I settle in ...