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Jiatai Hotel Xi'an

No.383 Zhuque Street, Yanta District Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

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Smoke and Mirrors

A travel blog entry by mikeandsheila

19

... bar all sounds the same, but with slight differences - a bit like those clay warriors out in Pits one, two and three.

The next morning, Sheila, Renato and I pile into a cab for the long drive to Xi'an International Airport. The driver exits the city wall through a huge gate, follows it for a kilometre or so, then re-enters through another huge gate, winds through some streets then exits again and follows the wall for more kilometres before finally ...

A Train That Goes to the Top of The World

A travel blog entry by gapyearcloealex

21

... and the sun was coming up,
it was magical!


Then we spend the whole day,
watching outside the window,
the Tibetan Land, vast, empty, yet so rich and calm.

We saw nomads, yaks, families waving Hello at the train,
a train that has entrude into their land,
motorcycles, tents, a couple walking along a road,
in a desert plain, so immense, that you wandered how long they had walked on
...

Xian 1: Welcome to Beijing...again

A travel blog entry by mchao

33

... dynasty, though mismanagement led to a peasant revolt that ended the dynasty only 50 years and two emperors later. However, the future dynasties, the Han, Sui, Tang, Song, etc took control of the united China in a more stable way. These dynasties, like the Qin used Xian (called Chang’an (or city of permanent peace)) as the capital, which lasted for over 1100 years. Therefore, Xian holds a place in the Chinese consciousness as a historical city, a cradle of ...

In Xi'an

A travel blog entry by nonlinear

1
87

... myself senseless. It was one of the best buffets that I have ever eat, at home or abroad. Sushi, arugula salad, chicken curry, white asparagus with pesto, coconut and lime leek salad, raw oysters, green tea ice cream, paprika butter, marinated braised beef, chilled prawns, and fresh fruit to name a few. It was quite a posh place, filled mostly with foreigners and a few Chinese. I forgot were I was and just ate. Which is to say I could have been anywhere and ...

Back up on the bike

A travel blog entry by baggywiggles

155

... as the person who first united China. He was however very brutal, committed many atrocities and so was fearful that in his afterlife he wouldn't have his army to protect him - hence the creation of an army of thousands of terracotta warriors to guard him at his burial site. Sorry for the history lesson - I know a few anyway will appreciate it :) Anyway in short the tour was grand - wouldn't say it will be a highlight for me at least, that'd be the big sceptical head on me ...

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