Xiyuan Hotel Xi'an
No.318 Jiefang Road, Xincheng District Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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We thought we had to sit still for a long time!
The weather in Xi'an is truely shocking! Rain and smog are not a good comination for sightseeing!
For 70p on the bus we ventured up to the Famous Army Museum! They made such a lasting impression John has forgotten already!
Rammed with people and they forgot to switch the light on, the warriors were hard to catch ...
Muralleando
... que tuvo que suponer terminar tamaña maravilla por aquel entonces, te sientes tan pequeño que lo único que se te ocurre hacer es quedarte donde estás, sin mover los pies, mirando a tu alrededor con la boca abierta. A parte, estás tan descojonado cuando llegas a lo alto que eso es mayormente lo único que puedes hacer.
Lo segundo mejor de la muralla, por detrás de las vistas y de todas esas cosas maravillosas que piensas cuando estás arriba del todo, fue la bajada ...
Can we bring two warriors back to guard our house?
... that there was an army of warriors all with individual faces and all in different positions eg. crouching archer, emperor, soldiers, horses. the 2nd and 3rd pits are smaller but of a similar nature. the 2nd pit is still being excavated, so there wasnt that much to see yet. These three pits are part of 600 pits built by the emperor to keep him safe and entertained in the after life, the pits including: pits for ...
Xián ciudad de sensaciones.
... n, una vez mas toda una explosión de color, olores, vapor de los ventorrillos de comida, mesas en plena calle, gente y motos y bicicletas, amen de coches también, lástima que a estas horas del día ya los pies no den mas de sí, pero no tengo dudas de que esta es la verdadera china, la de la gente del común comiendo, reunida con amigos o familia, riendo después del día de trabajo, toda una amalgama de sensaciones diversas que te hacen sentir como un observador de lujo en un palco privilegiado.
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Mountains and Sand and Camels--Oh My!
... as we went across a canyon on a lift and heard the whistling of the Singing Sands. We took lots of pictures and despite all of those movies that picture the desert as still and with a dried up cow skeleton in it, well that's just wrong! The desert was extremely windy and buffeted us with sand. So much that we had to get sunglasses and masks that went over our entire head and face to protect us....although it barely worked. Sand still got everywhere! The desert seemed alive ...


