Travel Blog Photos from Shaanxi (16,921)
|
|
|
|
|
![]() | Shaanxi, China |
... so late and neither of us speak a word of Chinese! So we finally arrive in Xian airport in Communist, highly bureaucratic China ready for the harshest customs inspection ever and are whizzed through, no questions, no waiting, no bag checks - by FAR, the ...
In the morning I went to the Forest of Stone Tablets, a museum with the heaviest collection of books in the world being that they're all made of gigantic stone tablets, some ten feet high, and there are 2300 of them! Then I got in trouble for taking ...
Xi'an - Shuyuan Hostel We decided to travel by train from Beijing to Xi'an with Rene and Mariska. This journey was to be a 12 hour overnight leaving Beijing at 7pm. So we booked a soft sleeper (4 bunks) and got ourselves comfortable with Yahtzee ...
... found my way, eventually, to the Giant Mosque which was erected in 1250 AD during the Tang dynasty and is the largest mosque in China. That night the Korean girl, Un Jung, told me that she hadn't been out at night because she was traveling alone and that ...
Eastern Route, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

120 km E of Xi'an, Huayin, Shaanxi, China

91 Xiaozai E Rd, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

|
|
TerracottaWarriors report
Posted on Feb 21, 2008, 08:45:33
Re-evaluating the History of Xian's TerracottaWarriors The Qin Terracotta Warriors were discovered in China's Shaanxi province near Xi'an in 1974 by six local farmers. A flurry of national media surrounded the discovery, and excavations ...
|
|
|
China - Must see places?
Posted on May 4, 2006, 10:01:53
... to be the location of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and had cave-houses which is more traditional near Xi'an in Shaanxi Province.So I think four days might not be enough. And If you do not want to go to these two place, i think 3 ...
|
|
|
Traveling China's Silk Road
Posted on Jul 10, 2009, 04:01:38
The Silk Road through China stretches from Xian in the Shaanxi Province through to Dunhuang. In ancient times, however, the Silk Road was not a single road, but a collection of hundreds of routes used by traders to form a network. These roads allowed ...
|
|
|
great time in China with Gary as my trip partner and guide..
Posted on Jul 13, 2009, 22:38:09
... ticket will still be your biggest cost. I was working as a foreign English teacher in Yulin, a small city in the northern part of Shaanxi province, when Gary came from Xi'an to work at the school. Xi'an is one of China's many enormous cities, and home of ...
|
Ask a question about Shaanxi and get answers from real travelers: