A Visit to Xi’an’s Terra-Cotta Warriors Museum
Our next stop in China after Beijing was the city of Xi’an, which was put on the tourist map after the discovery of the Terra-Cotta Warriors. A farmer in the mid 1970’s was digging a well, and discovered what is now called Pit 1, the largest of three Pits with lengthy columns of carefully placed…
Climbing The Great Wall of China — One of the Must-Do’s Near Beijing
The Great Wall without a doubt is the first thing that comes to mind when anyone thinks of China, possibly second only to Panda bears (which we also got to see, more on that in a later post). It’s probably one of those sights that’s on just about everyone’s bucket list. The Great Wall is…
Cruising Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
Our main reason for visiting Hanoi was to have a launch point for a Ha Long Bay cruise. Ha Long Bay is one of the most scenic locations in Vietnam. On the morning of our cruise departure, we were picked up at our hotel at 8 am by a transportation service that took us to Ha Long…
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