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Xi'an Slideshow
Xi'an
Travel Blogs from Xi'an, China
Safari
I never expected China to have one of these - a Safari Park! Made a great day trip and again was surrounded by stunning mountain scenery. The actual 'safari' wasn't particuarly memorable. Chinese driving hasn't quite adapted to being slow enough to allow ...
Painting the Warriors
... advised us not to spend too long in Xi'an as it's just a big noisy city - but 5 days later we're still here! Xi'an has a very important part in Chinese history. It served as the imperial capital for 12 ancient imperial dynasties from 1,000 BC to 1,000 ...
Down time
... going on as normal; slurping at noodles, hoiking & spitting, smoking, sleeping & snoring and endlessly chattering. We have been in China for a week now and it has been a relaxed time by Japanese standards. Still, in the space of that week we have ...
Dalsi cast putovani: Xi'an
... Malou pagodu jsme nenasli. Namisto male pagody jsme navstivili Buddhisticky chram Dangxingshan. Jedna se o nejvetsi funkcni Buddhisticky chram v Xi'anu. V pruvodci ho oznacuji za nepravem opomijeny, nicmene po navsteve jsme dospeli k nazoru ze je opomijen ...
See Ya Xi'an
... ;d say “no”. It took a little bit, but I remembered that the only American artists I’d heard in China so far were Michael Jackson and The Eagles. They got really excited when I started strumming the opening chords to ...
Xi'an
... Chinglish expressions. Literal translations that don't translate quite right. Update: 4 days later. I didn't do justice to Xi'an. We'd go back there again. And the hotel was great. Thanks Kim for arranging ...
Beijing to Xian
... train. Shared with 4 others this time, in open compartments, which was sursprisingly comfortable. Arrived in Xi'an yesterday, straight to Terracotta Army. Absolutely brilliant! We couldn't believe how well preserved they were and ...
Terracotta Army
... ago by a peasant sinking a well into the ground. Thus on our second day we got the bus to the site, about 1 hour from Xi'an. The site consists of 3 pits covered by hangars, each pit a different size, and containing different items. We decided ...
Exhilerating Xi'an
... had not appreciated. We visited the beautiful Bell Tower and Drum Tower and the Big Goose Pagoda, all stunning. The highlight of Xi'an, nevertheless, was the"Eastern Tour", which included visiting Li Shan Buddhist Museum, Huaqing Pool, the Tomb of Qin Shi ...
Adventure to Xi'an
As my second weekend trip, I had a better expectation for what traveling was like in China. And again, I really enjoyed the experience. Xi'an is the historic capital and one of most significant places for gaining a cultural understanding of ...
We will saving you
... driver was OK, but left the police who were set to eject us to figure that one out. Accidents do happen... I am now in Xi'an, after having Terracotta Warriored it up yesterday - all very impressive - but feel I should mention, before I go, perhaps one ...
Xian
Apres un bon voyage de20 heures entre Shangai et Xian (prononcer chianne ou chien selon les regions...(en couchette molle, sil vous plait!), nous voila a la recherche du fameux billet xian lhasa, quete impossible intrigue a la chinoise, ...
I'll take 7,000 soldiers for my tomb please!
... the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, a representative from the US Commercial Services at the American Embassy, and the US China Business Council. This meeting was interesting. I felt like a lot of things were sugar coated but they did ...
The Terra Cotta Army
... the capital of Shaanxi Province, was the first capital of a unified China, has the only complete and best preserved city wall in China, people come to Xi'an for one primary reason, to see the terra cotta army. Ho-Ki and I were no different. Xi'an ...
Onto Xian
... talk politics concerning the price of progress and how backward the countryside was. This was totally different to my last visit to china 10 years ago when people didn't want to talk at all about anything to do with their country for fear of people ...
Pieds eclates
Je commence a pas etre dans un super bon etat pour pouvoir mettre un pied devant l'autre. Finalement j'avais un ampoule sur chaque pied, mais y'en a une, apoule 10 000 watts, qui prend la petite orteille au complet. Ca passe de bord en bord de ...
Pagode d'ampoule de pied de Bouddha de Chine
Bon mes foot lightbulbs (comme je dis aux anglais parce que je sais pas c'est quoi ampoule) commencent tranquilement a se transformer en corne. Apres la Chine, je vais pouvoir kicker n'importe qui n'importe quoi, marcher sur des braises pour de l'argent ...
The Life of a Traveller
... and I got 5 dumplings for ¥1 (that's 10p). Stayed up till 4.30am watching the football. Didn't have a beer either for the first time in a while. Although I think I'll look back at this period of my life as a time when I was almost technically an ...
HIG's
... liking. We done the usual walking around scoping the place out. Loads of white people wandering the streets and tour buses passing by rammed. Xi'an is the place to see the Terracotta Army. We're only here for two days so we could potetially do it tomorrow ...
Some Warriors
... and some very pretty costumes and back drops. The following day after a much needed lie in we met the group at the Xi'an museum, this was mainly artefacts from the Shaanxi province and also had a natural history section. Helwyn and David from our group ...
The uncovered ancient warriors
... the city were strong agricultural communities dating as far back as 6,500 years ago! 34km east of the city is the site of Xi'an's most famous attraction. In 1974, a farming family digging a well uncovered a vast chamber filled with what was later to ...
Basketball camp
... a couple of us went to the Muslim market. The merchants here did not want to haggle with us. We walked around enjoying the sights here in Xi'an. The city has a wall around it. We are planning on going up on the wall. It is extremely hot here in Xi'an. As ...
Back in China :)
... . My favourite is The Temple of The 8 Immortals which makes a nice peaceful change and is situated among some amazing 'real China' streets. Xi'an has plenty of sights to see and Shaanxi province is stunning in places. A wonderful location. Plenty to keep ...
Terra Cotta Army and other fun in Xi'an
Day 3 - Xi'an The next morning we visited the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, which was... alright. I mean, yes - amazing that there is so much history in that area, but the labeled tags with the artifacts would say something like "Painted Clay Pot" wow. How ...
Xian - home of the terracotta warriors
... was built during the 3rd century by Emperor Qin Shi Huang, who was a very cruel leader. When it was complete there was an uprising and the peasants went in and smashed all the terracotta warriors, so all the warriors have been put back together again (I ...
AIFS Trip to Xi'an 04.26.09 - 04.28.09
The itinerary: 04.26: Fly to Xi'an. Tour Muslim Market. 04.27: Terracotta Warriors!!! Bike ride on top of Xi'an City Wall. Tang Dynasty "Cultural Show." 04.28: Big Goose Pagoda. The Great Mosque. Overnight sleeper ...
Cheng Du Panda Research Centre
... the very informative posters that line the walls of the large room. Upon leaving this building there there is an almost Zoo like appearance of the two hundred hectares of land that houses the worlds largest Panda colony, armed with a ...
