Terracotta Warriors Review & Guide
We took the green tourist bus from the main train station in Xi'an straight to the Terracotta Warriors site. It took about 2 hours. The bus kept going, but the lady told us right where we needed to get off. We didn't see any major signs saying we were at the Warriors Museum, but we [...]
Xi’an Muslim Quarter and City Wall
It took forever to find our hotel, because neither Google Maps nor Hotels.com put the pin in the right place. The address turned out to be correct, but even locals had trouble pointing us in the right direction. We eventually went into a bank that was near where one of the pins told us to [...]
Sleeper Train Beijing to Xi’an
I'm going to make a video about this with a lot more detail, but I wanted to post here with some pictures too. We took a sleeper train from Beijing to Xi'an. The trip took about 11 hours. We left at a little before 9pm and arrived in Xi'an around 8am this morning. Beijing West [...]
Forbidden City Guide
I have been wanting to come here for years. Ever since I heard about it over a decade ago. I was beyond excited to go in, and although we had planned a lot, much of that plan got thrown out the window when we got there. So I'll share some important tips that you should [...]
The Great Wall of China – Mutianyu
This post is mostly pictures (woohoo!), some comments and one tip. The Wall is of course interesting in itself, but the more interesting story is how we got here. You can find it [here]. Like I said in the other post, we specifically chose to be in Beijing in late October so we could be [...]Welcome to our blog!
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