Tag: Xi’an

  • Friday 18 August 2006 Highlights: Xi’an Great Mosque Today I visited the Great Mosque in Xi’an before our afternoon departure to Luoyang starting with a walk around the many local markets of Xi’an  (they had Saddam Hussein playing cards from the Iraq war). The Mosque is very unusual, in some ways hidden among the streets…

  • Thursday 17 August 2006 Highlights: Terracotta Warriors We go into Xi’an early in the morning after managing around 5 hours sleep in my clothes during our overnight travel (and I like everyone had sweated in their clothes). We immediately headed off to see the Terracotta Warriors arriving there just before the doors opened at 8…