Xi’an Great Mosque, Shadow play, Xi’an museum
Next day spent the morning doing arrangements for our next stop, Hohhot in Inner Mongolia.
Terracotta Army, Muslim Quarter
The next day we went to visit the Terracotta Army. These are located in the mausoleum of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, who first unified the country in 221 BC. The Terracotta Army was built to protect the emperor in the…
Old City wall, Small Goose pagoda, Bell Tower
From Luoyang we took the bullet train (it is what the fast speed train is called here). It was nicer than the regular trains, and obviously much faster. The seats are arranged like in an airplane, rows facing in the direction of…
We decided to break the trip from Shanghai to Xi’an in two and stop at Luoyang for one night, two days. This would make travel time more manageable between the two cities and enable us to visit more places. We took a night train from Shanghai, which was an adventure in itself…
The day after our arrival we took the metro to People’s Square, which is one of the important points of downtown. The metro system in Shanghai is very good and easy to figure out. The tickets are sold through automatic machines that also have an English version. One ride costs 4 yuan (80…
We landed in Shanghai domestic airport, a mere hour and a half flight from Xiamen, we departed the convenience of air travel and deep dove into one of most largest China’s cities. We were lucky enough (thanks to the kind help from George) to be picked up from the airport by his friend Zhao and…
