Howard Johnson Xian Xi'an
No.18 West Huancheng South Road Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710048, China
TravelPod Member ReviewsHoward Johnson Xian Xi'an
“HJ Surprised Me”
ejdoran 10 contributions
Minneapolis, United States
Aug 21, 2009
Great modern place. Best place I stayed in China.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
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Xian
Xi'an is beautiful city in the Shaanxi province. Our flight from Beijing was about an hour and a half and we arrived just in time to pick up our bags and get into bed. Dr Crowe & Dr. Xiao changed our itinerary and gave us a free day the next day which was so good. Christie and I woke up about 10:30, got dressed and went downstairs to get …
The sounds, smells, and sights of Xi'an
Our quick trip to Xi'an was too short, but enough to get a glimpse of this old city, home to over 8 million people. Xi'an is one of the four great ancient capitals of China and is the eastern terminus of the silk road and home to the famous army of terra cotta warriors. Unfortunately, in the two short days we spent there, we weren't able to make …
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Warriors and Action Men
... a bit of nagging from the local guides who want to take you around for a tenner and speak to you in very bad English, we headed in guideless. There are 3 pits exposed ... pit 1 has the most warriors but it seems that they have taken the best ones that they found and lined them up at the front for you to see and at the back of the warehouse there is a warrior factory, where terracotta geniuses try and jigsaw together a few million pieces of ...
Plannen gewijzigd
... in al hetgeen ik reeds aan beeldhouwwerken had gezien een unieke aanvulling deed. Nadien samen met de Amerikanen (die een teleurstellend bezoek die dag hadden gebracht aan de Hotsprings) de straten van het Moslim kwartier doorgelopen om hier en daar een maaltijd bij elkaar te kopen. Erg leuk gezelschap waarvan ik die avond afscheid heb genomen aangezien ze de volgende ochtend doorreisden naar Dunhuang.
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