Thursday, July 2, 2009

Xi'an

It’s bigger than New York, with about 9 million people, with what is becoming the familiar Chinese contrast of skyscraper

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and street market.

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It was the capitol of at least three dynasties, the Chin, Han, and Tang, with a history going way, way back to pre-Stone Age times.

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It feels like a saner pace than Beijing, yet still has plenty of the national bird around: the construction crane.

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