China
Day 8 - Xi'an
25th September 2025
Part 3 - Xi'an
西安市
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Day 1 - London to Amsterdam
Day 2 -
Beijing Arrival
Day 3 - Beijing - Summer Palace
Day 4 -
Beijing - Temple of Heaven
Day 5 - Great Wall of China
Day 6 - Forbidden City
Day 7 -
to Xi'an
Day 8 - Terracotta Army
Day 9 - Around Xi'an
Day 10 -
to Chengdu & People's Park
Day 11 -
Panda Breeding Centre
Day 12 - to Shanghai & Boat
Day 13 - Shanghai
Day 14 - to Home
View of the Bell Towerfrom the room...
Drum Tower...
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Muslim Quarter...
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Drum Tower in the evening...
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Miche and the Bell Tower in the distance...
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Looking at our hotel from the Bell Tower...
Looking across to the Drum Tower from th
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Road lined with lucky Chinese motifs...
Bell Tower Ceiling...
Roof Figures...
Local pottery, turns out Xi'an is the Chinese Stoke-on-Trent..
Me on the Bell Tower...
Miche and the Bell...
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Western 'closestool' instructions in the hotel...
Scotch bonnet chillies to catch out the unwary - who knows how I would have used a closestool if I'd eaten all of these...
Next day - Day 9 - Part 1- Xi'an - Monastery
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Day 1 - London to Amsterdam
Day 2 -
Beijing Arrival
Day 3 - Beijing - Summer Palace
Day 4 -
Beijing - Temple of Heaven
Day 5 - Great Wall of China
Day 6 - Forbidden City
Day 7 -
to Xi'an
Day 8 - Terracotta Army
Day 9 - Around Xi'an
Day 10 -
to Chengdu & People's Park
Day 11 -
Panda Breeding Centre
Day 12 - to Shanghai & Boat
Day 13 - Shanghai
Day 14 - to Home
