Xi An Fukai Hotel Xi'an
No.27 Nanxin Street, Xincheng District Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710001, China
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First Day in Xi'an
... completed in AD 709, it was meant to protect the scriptures from fire, which often destroyed wooden temple buildings. The pagoda's top came off in an earthquake, and in 1487 sent a large fracture along its length, but then a tremor in the next century reversed the damage. The pagoda was attached to a temple, and in the garden, when we walked through we found an area full of head stone type features only to find they were used for tying up horses. ...
Buddhas, Banks and An Immobile Army
... early night (9pm) when the atmosphere in the establishment suddenly changed. The quite music was turned up and led by one local girl (who we later found out was the sister of the owner) numerous people began dancing. It was not long before I along with Mark and newly introduced French friend Emmanuel, where coaxed up by a group of middle aged Koreans to join the party. We were not the only ones. A group of aging western tourists were also convinced to join in ...
Lions and Tigers and BEARS!! oh my
... on the nose or want to give them a cuddle so we may sneak one in.. but still being careful of course!
The keeper I’m working with is Mr Chan (I think!) and communication will be a struggle but hopefully over the next 4 weeks we will be able to do the sign language thing. Originally this morning I was looking to work with different animals each week –would love to spend time with the monkeys and the eagles & ...
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... for the Great Mosque (should be retitled the "Great bloody hard to find Mosque"). We found it down some unidentified tiny alley, built for the borrowers hoarded with stalls selling tack. The mosque itself was a highlight displaying some great carvings and religious artefacts as well as being nice and quiet (nobody else could find it, it seemed).
Kate wanted to buy a wooden frog on leaving the hawker stalls (one that ribbited when you ran ...
Xi'an - Ancient Capital
Sunday July 17th we said goodbye to our lovely home of 2 weeks, Suzhou, packed our bags and headed to the airport in Shanghai for a 2 hour flight to Xi'an, an ancient capital of China.
Here, the main site to see are the Terracotta Soldiers.
I'll update the story later..
For now, here's some pics!
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