Touring Xian, China

We were fortunate to go to China over the holy week and mostly for the kids who are taking up China and the Chinese language now in their school. We stopped by Xian to visit the Terracota soldiers and were surprised to see many other beautiful structures and historical places.  It’s a good thing one of my sons had been there in one of their school trips and he helped as a tour guide 🙂 Though we had our own tour guide and better make sure you have one with you when in China because hardly anyone speaks English or better yet…we need to learn to speak Chinese!

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The Old City Wall which is around 13 kilometers circling around the city.  It is amazing!

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It’s beautiful on top as well!  It was foggy while we were there which gave it an even more mystical effect

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You can bike around the wall – you can bring your bike or you can rent one there

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Even the trash can looks ancient and blends well with the place

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We circled the wall with the bus and we saw the different entrances/gates

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Around the wall is of course moat and they have a few bridges to enter the wall

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Night shots of the wall

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Bell Tower

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Drum Tower

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 Our tour guide took us to a market, Since it was late afternoon already and a bit drizzling, many stalls were closed and not many people were there

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They had a lot of stores selling paintbrushes and paper

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and other Chinese handicrafts

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Small booths closed due to weather

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Beautiful buildings

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 Previous Entries:  ( Click on them to go to them )

Sofitel, Xian

Breakfast Buffet at Sofitel

Terra-cotta Warriors

Terra-cotta Factory 

Eating in Xian

Le Chinois 

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