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YMCA Xi'an

No.565 East Road, Xincheng District Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710001, China

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Xi'an - Home of the Terracotta Warriors

A travel blog entry by brad2512

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Xian became a must see for tourists after the discovery of Emperor Quin's Terracotta Army by a farmer who was digging a well in 1974. The farmer was paid ¥14 by the government as a reward for the find and at the time he thought it was a lot of money. He later worked out that he'd been short changed for his important find and now makes his living by …

The Terracotta Army

A travel blog entry by sranmal

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Friday 4th Sept. Tour Day 13: Xi’an Muslim Quarter

The train from Chengdu got into Xi’an just after midday. We were staying at the YMCA, which was at the end of a dodgy-looking alley. There was an interesting billboard in the lobby showing girls in various stages of undress with increasing prices which I presumed was for some …

The safe city in the west

A travel blog entry by stevea

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Yet another sleeper train journey (thats three now), arrived us in Xi'an about 10am on Wednesday 16th May 2007. The city has more than 3100 years history. Xi'an was known as Chang'an in ancient times and was the capital of China of at least 11 dynasties covering a range of 1100 years. It was where Qin Shihuang founded and unified all of China in …

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A Step Back in Time

A travel blog entry by iceman9gem

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... especially romance).

Anyways, I didn’t know much about Xi’an when I started my journey and still really don’t. But this is my trip and these are the details.

From my home city of Chengdu it’s a 447 mile trip. Most of my classmates and I opted for the 18 hour train ride; as trains are quite a bit cheaper than flying. From my experience, traveling by train in China has created a totally different feel for traveling as the "journey" actually ...

ASIA'S LARGEST DANCING FOUNTAIN DISPLAY!!!

A travel blog entry by hil-john-quayle

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... was quite impressive, with all kinds of classical chinese music blasting out of the speakers, but what was almost even more fun to watch was the chinese tourists who would line themselves up along the wall of the fountain to have their photo taken, only to get drenched when the wind caught the water from the big jet and deposited it right on their heads. It was ...

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