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Greetings from Xi'an
Jun 14, 2008
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"Hello everyone, I just wanted to give you a quick update as to what I have been up to the last few weeks. This two days ago my friend Cody , Daniel and I pack our bags and headed t ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
zackrude
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Xi'an
Jun 5, 2007
"We woke up today in Xi'an with some little chinese man poking me with his notebook. I fought of all my ninja instincts and didn't decapitate him. Stumbeling off the tra ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
ntitctkt
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Terrcotta Worries
Sep 2, 2007
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"The day after the summer place we left Beijing for a place called Xi'an which was the fist capitol of unified china. Xi'an is only a short flight from Beijing, basically no big swe ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
nanonano63
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Xi'an - Just One Day
Jul 8, 2008
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"At the risk of sounding cliché, my first day in Xi'an has been a bit like a rollercoaster ride. Fellow amusement-park-lovers can empathize-emotions ranging from fear to excitement, ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
brendonjohnson
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A Beautiful City
Jun 25, 2006
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"It looks as though the wide boulevards with slip roads could have been modeled after Paris. There is a Bell Tower (Pagoda) at the center point with boulevards radiating off to N.S. ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
cojan
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Happy New Year (in Chinese)
Dec 31, 2007
"Miguel and I feasted on some of the leftover food from our sleeper train ride for breakfast. It wasn't enough, but it allowed us a short sleep in before we checked out of the hotel ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
mario.travels
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Xi'an, the terracota warriors
Oct 11, 2007
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"After 11hrs of comfy night train, I'm in Xi'an, a much bigger city than Pingyao, surrounded by a wall as well. I decided to join Plunk, to spend some time together, as we seem ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
christo.pas
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Xi'an
May 23, 2008
(4 photos)
"Hi! Can't remember where I left off last time, I think it was just before I got on the train to go to Xi'an. I forgot to mention about a beautiful temple we went to in Z ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
christinatours
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Xian
Apr 4, 2008
"A quick entry while I wait for breakfast in the hostel I'm staying at here in Xi'an. After an exhaustive 11 hour train ride, we got to Xi'an at 3:40AM in the morning. The hostel ac ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
kzhou
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Terrocotta Warriors
Sep 21, 2007
(4 photos)
"Xi'an after 16 hours on a hard sleeper overnight train. First impressions - lovely place, actually not raining as soon as we arrived unlike other locations in China. People are rea ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
sheenaangela
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Xi'an
Sep 12, 2008
(8 photos)
"So today went from insanely boring to insanely crazy. First we got off the train and checked into the hotel. We were given an hour to clean up. After that we went to see the Terrac ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
redirksen
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Beijing and Xi'an
Jun 13, 2006
(4 photos)
"After many plane problems and delays in San Francisco, we've made it at last to China! We spent 3 days in Beijing--the city is everything I expected. All the hustle and bustle of a ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
starmountain
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Plane trip from Shangai to Xi'an
Dec 2, 2007
(11 photos)
"We managed to find our way to the City Airport Terminal (go to Seianji station on the number 2 metro line and head out exit 2, then turn left. It's underneath Haagen Dazs) and get ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
rubycles
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The city and the sites
Sep 21, 2007
(11 photos)
"Xian did look a whole lot different in the morning. I slept in a shared room on a bunk bed that didn't have railings on the top. Was it a good night sleep? Well I was fully a ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
lia_analita
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The old capital
May 26, 2007
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"As it was too difficult to get to Pingyao we stopped in Xi'an. We were positively surprised by the big city. ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
ingridchristof
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Xi'an
May 24, 2007
"Just got here today. Walked around saw the city are going to see the worriors tomorrow. Got to practise our chinese since nobody spoke english ... I still don't know the word for s ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
mie
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Xi'an
Mar 17, 2006
(7 photos)
"Getting to Xi'an: We took a 26 hour ride to Xi'an from Gui Lin. It was a pretty cool city. We stayed in our first hostel in China and we were pretty impressed. It was pretty clean. ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
bidi
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Travel to Xi'an
Aug 17, 2007
"The same taxi driver picked us up and took us to the airport this morning. We ended up paying a quarter of the price we paid on the trip from the airport using the meter so that's ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
hillsgra
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Xi'an
Nov 18, 2006
(8 photos)
"The dirtiest city we have ever been to- breathing in dust and dirt, having to cover your nose for the smells and your ears for the disgusting spitting noise of the locals! The terr ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
charlie__joe
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Shanghai Express Style
Sep 8, 2007
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"Hello again. Well from thinking that i wouldn't get access to the net so easily over here, it appears to be readily available everywhere and even better its free in our curre ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
iceice17
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Terracotta Warrior WOW
Oct 6, 2007
"Xi'an is a very old city, maybe 4,000 years old? The first official dynasty in China claimed Xi'an as its capital the, Qin dynasty. The city itself I was not really a big fan of. W ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
tomdawson
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Warriors and City Walls
Aug 19, 2006
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"After an overnight train from Beijing, we (myself, Helen, and Jen) arrived in Xi'an in the early morning. It was pouring down rain, but luckily our hostel sent someone to the ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
laowai_megan
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Xi'an
Mar 29, 2006
(43 photos)
"We did all we could in Beijing, time to move on to Xi'an to see the Terracotta Army. The train pulled in at 5 am in Xi'an and we discovered that there were positions available the ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
globetrotterjas
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Xi'an ou un autre monde...
Jul 29, 2008
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"Arrivee difficile, on a vraiment du manger quelque chose de contraire a Beijing, on est tous patraque. Mais apres avoir galere pour recuperer des billet Xi'an-Chengdu, on trouve un ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
apiedparlachine
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first day in xi'an
Jun 7, 2008
"We got up relatively early the next morning, all things considering. Mark was going to call us at 10 am, but when we rolled out of bed it was only 8. We left the apartment and deci ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
bjergaard
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Terracotta Soldiers
May 6, 2007
(15 photos)
"XIAN: wow. We were amazed at the terracotta warriors. Pit one had 6000 soldiers standing in formation. We were told each one took 3-4 months ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
sylviandavid
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Xi'an
Feb 22, 2008
(132 photos)
"Xi'an: Let's talk about my travels to Xi'an. As I mentioned earlier, part of the SUHK abroad program is a 2 week seminar throughout mainland china. The first part of Ch ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
asherepstein
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Xi'an in 36 hours - the challenge
Jan 5, 2008
(43 photos)
"After spending about two weeks in Beijing taking it easy, one day at a time with one landmark a day on average with a bunch of other stuff in between Coen and I were determined to ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
jielong
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To Xi'an - the dusty city
Nov 19, 2006
"Today was a day of travel. We left Ping'an after breakfast and two hours later arrived at the airport of Guilin. From there we flew to Xi'an - the historical city on the Silk and o ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
wereldbommie
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Xi'an, the town with an apostrophe in it
May 24, 2006
"Xi'an is another one of those major Chinese cities that I had never heard of before setting foot in this country. With a population roughly analogous to New York City, it's pretty ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
flennon5
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Capitalism at it's best!
Oct 27, 2007
(25 photos)
"Greetings everyone. Sorry I have not blogged for a few days but our busy schedule has caught up to me. We are doing great and each day brings us another slice of the am ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
kingmahi
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Great Ancient Capital of China
May 14, 2007
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"From Shanghai, we flew China Eastern Airlines to the large western city of Xi'an. We only spent one night here, which definitely wasn't enough to do this city justice, but we still ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
rodan44
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Dyed green chicks and teracotta
May 7, 2007
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"Spent May 6th gettimg from Beijing to Xi'an on China Eastern. Definately worth considering if making the flight to Xi'an. New Airbus, very smiley staff. Luggage arrived in reasonab ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
markl
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Terracotta army
May 26, 2004
"We arrived yesterday after a perfect night on the train. We've booked a hostel in advance, so we were wait for on the station. We're going for luxury, so we're taking a double room ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
bolletjeom
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XI'AN
Aug 12, 2008
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"SOFITEL HOTEL... http://www.accorhotels.com/accorhotels/fichehotel/gb/sof/5949/fiche_hotel.shtml 8/12...Flight to Xi'an (2 hours), home of 8,000+ Terra Cotta Warriors and 8M p ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
rtravels
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Scary Hotel/Singing Goonies
Nov 3, 2007
"There were Massagie (pronounced massage-ie) girls at this hotel (who would call you at all hours of the day [and night!] to offer their services.) We never really knew what t ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
fsofield
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Xi'an, China
Oct 9, 2006
"Just visit http://360.yahoo.com/aphoenm to read about my adventures...I don't know if I really want this travel log...I just don't know how to delete it. ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
aphoenm
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Terracotta Warriors
Aug 23, 2007
(8 photos)
"After getting off the train, we went to our hotel and freshened up. The whole group went out for dumplings and I ordered a mysterious soup that turned out to be some sort of ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
avonreyn
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The Terracotta Warriors
Jul 5, 2008
(30 photos)
"Day 80. This is becoming all to common..... 3/7/08 I arrived at the city center at 3.30am. The backpackers' I wanted to stay at was locked. But in a city of 7 million and major tou ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
broony79
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Guerreros de Terracota!!
Aug 17, 2008
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"XIAN Llegamos a Xian, la ciudad de los guerreros de Terracota. Acá aprovechamos que había Sheraton y reservamos en el para seguir gozando de los privilegios que aprendimos a usar. ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
rrosito
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xian
Sep 11, 2003
"11.09.2003 Xi-An .... naja... ist schon nett, sonst waer ich ja net immer noch hier.... hier kannst Du dir tausende von ueber 2000 Jahre alte Teracotta Krieger reinziehen, welche a ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
asci
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Xi'an
Mar 5, 2007
(20 photos)
"Als je Xi'an zegt, zeg je ook meteen Terracottaleger. Dit is het wereldberoemde leger van terracottasoldaten dat door keizer Qin Yin Zheng rond 200 voor Christus werd gebouwd om zi ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
sandrasjraar
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Xi'an
May 1, 2008
"Well, our dream of updating the travel blog while in China obviously didn't come true once we left Beijing. Given that most of our computers are made in China you would think they ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
teamollie
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Xi'an
Jul 23, 2008
(49 photos)
"Took me 17 and a half hours to get from Shanghai to Xi'an on an overnight train. Thank god for IPod's! I liked Xi'an the moment I got to the hostel. People there were really friend ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
briancrooke
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Day 1 Xian
Mar 16, 2008
"Scott picked us up a the hotel, after we had another very good breakfast, we headed to the airport. Scott took us all the way to the China Air check in area and to the security are ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
jbdsalem
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Chongqing and Xi'an Terra Cotta Warriors
Sep 22, 2007
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"After disembaring from our Yangtze River Ship, we explore Chongqing, the largest city in China with a population of 33 million. We visit the zoo to see their Panda Bears, then walk ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
joycekeith
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Xian
Sep 9, 2006
"A guide to conversation between Chinese and Western tourist: First Question: "Where are you from?" Second Question: "How old are you?" Third Question: "How much money do you make?" ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
dozy
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The romantic dynasty
Mar 16, 2006
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"Each one in China agrees that Tang dynasty is a wonderful period.I'm sure you know China Town,but maybe you don't know its history.In fact,it originates in Tang,the people in China ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
yujuanyxx
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To Xi'an and into the Fog
Oct 13, 2006
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"It was not, as the Chinese are fond of saying "auspicious" that out of the 41 pieces of luggage needing accounting for at the Xian airport only 40 were there. Another reminder to a ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
judyk68
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Welcome to Xi'an
Jun 2, 2007
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"Today was our first confusing, and frustrating, day in China. The train ride was uneventful...we got on, went to sleep and woke up in Xi'an. We had arranged for the hostel to ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
ashleymaro
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Bye Bye Beijing - Off to Xian
May 19, 2008
(28 photos)
"Left the Capital Hotel in Beijing at 0530 this morning to get to the airport. At the airport, it was very interesting. We walked from one counter to another counter whi ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
mayg
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Xian, Terrecota soldiers and the city wall
Jun 20, 2008
"One of the students in the USAC program decided he wanted to go to Xi'an to see the famous terracolta soldiers. Before we know it, 22 piers decided to take the train and spend a co ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
dcroasdell
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Xi'An
Oct 24, 2007
"Here i am again, sitting on the back seat of a bus headed towards Luoyang in the Henan Province of China. The bus journey will take around five hours, which by Chinese travel stand ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
rumpy1984
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Happy Halloween in the Airport!
Oct 31, 2007
"Hi everyone! wow I just added a list of all the places we have been in the past few weeks....as you can see we have been super busy taking buses, trains, and planes:) It has been s ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
sophs58
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Xi'an
Jan 27, 2003
"It's 6 in the morning and I'm up -- jetlagged once again.. so with not much else to do at this hour, I figure I should take the time out now to continue writing about China.. After ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
audreyrosario
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No Chengdu
Jul 23, 2007
"Well on Saturday we discovered that the old fellow that sold us the bus tickets from Pingyao to Xian, was a bit of a theft. Turns out the bus tickets should have been Y150 no ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
aaires1
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Xi'an
Jul 16, 2006
"Hello! I'm still having fun in china! Been up to lots of things so not had time to update this blog, so finally catching up! Going to just write short entries for each place we vis ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
joannanathan
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Final Exams
Jul 30, 2008
"The detour to meet Rose and Jessica in Guilin was like a final exam, reaffirming the skills I picked up on this trip. Yangshuo is China's adventure capital, so I fully took advanta ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
tanmanonthego
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The city wall,Stele Forest and Drum-Tower
Feb 23, 2008
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" I would be a worker in a chemical factory as an intern from 25/2 to 7/3, so LJ and I decided to arrive in Xi'an few days earlier. We planed to visit inside ..."
A travel blog entry from Xi'an by
kate0210
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