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Trains to Xian
By CECILIAK | 6/10/2004 5:30:35 PM
Trains tickets can be got from any Railway Stations in Beijing. We booked our soft sleepers 4 days in advance at Beijing East Station for RMB 417 on Z19 which was an all soft sleeper fast tain leaving at 7.28 pm and arriving at about 7.00 am. Children below 120 m travelled half price. We returned via Z 20 which leaves around 7.28 pm and arrived in Beijing at about 7.00 am.
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Don't bring a camera or any
By DAISY | 5/18/2004 4:01:43 PM
Don't bring a camera or any filming devices into the buried army grounds. Those devises are forbidden. If you try to take a picture or use a video camera and get caught, then you will get into trouble. The authorities will demand that you turn over your camera film or your whole camcorder tape over since they prohibit those devices inside. I saw some tourists get in trouble for that...Actually, It was me!! :-/
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Muslim Quarter Xian
By TARZAN | 5/18/2004 4:50:24 AM
When you plan to visit the Muslim Temple in the Muslim Quarter, you can also visit het small and narrow souvenir market streets nearby. Always bargain for good prices. (about 20 percent of original price). They have got a lot of nice souvenirs. A lot of the "old" souvenirs is fake and brand new... But it is fun to bargain and look around at the souvenirs. A lot of gallery's are there also with nice drawings and artists.
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For climbers
By DAISY | 5/12/2004 9:06:33 AM
Do remember take the gloves and the umbrella.
Gloves: to protect your hands from the rusted chain.
Umbrella: to prevent the strong wind when you are waiting for the sunrise on the peak.
Of course, overcoat and some warm cloth are necessities.
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Where to stay in Xi'an?
By HARRY | 3/30/2004 5:21:26 PM
My wife and I stayed at the Grand New World Hotel, which is inside the old walled city and within walking distance of the Bell Tower, Great Mosque and close to the Muslim quarter. Hotel was 4-star and very nice, rates about $100.00 US. Hotel food was very pricey and tried to appeal to westerners in China. ie. not very authentic. But there was a great little mom-and -pop joint across the street, where some previous visitors had translated at least some of the menu into English and dinner for two was less than $20.00, beer included.
There's also a Great New World Hotel, a few blocks away, but it didn't look so hot from the outside.
Our first afternoon, after we got settled in the hotel about 3:00 o'clock, we walked, in search of an ATM, about a mile form the hotel to the Bank Of China. Never did find an ATM, but we came across a city park where they had a public puppet show every afternoon.
I think if you stay outside of the old walled city, hotel trates go down by about 25%, but you're not so close to the attractions. If you link to www.taxitour.com you'll get in touch with a fabulous guide for a one day tour of Terracotta warriors, cave dwellers and banpo village/museum. I can't rate this guy highly enough, he "made" our trip to Xi'an. There's an English University in Xi'an, and we hired one of the students to be our city guide for one day. I think I knew more about the attractions we wanted to see than she did, but once she knew what we wanted to see, she figured out how to get there and we all had a learning experience.
Have fun!
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