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Xian, one of the nicest cities in China, especially in terms of atmosphere and ended up being our favourite. Its one of the few that you can walk around with ease. The centre is surrounded by authentic city walls too, which you can cycle on top of. Xian is also one of the few places in China where we found the nightlife to be any good. At midnight everyone is handed out sparklers, its as if it was New Years Eve, but this was a random Tuesday night in June. Pretty strange. The locals also like buying foreigners drinks, which we didnt complain about (though we were carefull that they were safe!). We also sampled the local food activity, the dumpling banquet. This was hardcore-a dinner of about 18 different types of dumplings, washed down with way too sweet rice wine.
One of the main attractions near Xian are the Terracotta warriors, hundreds of statues of soldiers that were found in an underground chamber back in the 70s. There are hundreds on display and theyre still any more to be excavated. Everyone of them has a unique facial exXian
Xian, one of the nicest cities in China, especially in terms of atmosphere and ended up being our favourite. Its one of the few that you can walk around with ease. The centre is surrounded by authentic city walls too, which you can cycle on top of. Xian is also one of the few places in China where we found the nightlife to be any good. At midnight everyone is handed out sparklers, its as if it was New Years Eve, but this was a random Tuesday night in June. Pretty strange. The locals also like buying foreigners drinks, which we didnt complain about (though we were carefull that they were safe!). We also sampled the local food activity, the dumpling banquet. This was hardcore-a dinner of about 18 different types of dumplings, washed down with way too sweet rice wine.
One of the main attractions near Xian are the Terracotta warriors, hundreds of statues of soldiers that were found in an underground chamber back in the 70s. There are hundreds on display and theyre still any more to be excavated. Everyone of them has a unique facial expression and unique clothing (see pictures for more details). The warriors are billed by China as the "8th" wonder of the world. Im not sure Id agree, they are cool but it seems thy could do alot more with the site and museum itself. pression and unique clothing (see pictures for more details). The warriors are billed by China as the "8th" wonder of the world. Im not sure Id agree, they are cool but it seems thy could do alot more with the site and museum itself.
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