"The Terracotta Army" In 1974 a few farmers digging for a well found some baked clay in the earth they pulled up. Archeologists were quick in their respond when the unusual find was reported. This was in the area of an Emperor's tomb. There was no evidence in the old inscriptions documenting the Emperor's funeral that there should be anything there, but excavations started, and the site was already opened to the public in 1976. By then the archeolo...

"I love the Muslim Quarter! " In the reception of the hostel, a cozy hangout area that would later be full of backpackers from all over the world, I met a German guy who came with the same train as me. We decided to hang out in Xi'an. He had not slept very well on the train and needed to lie down a little. I decided to try to catch up on some e-mails and the blog. It was already 6 in the morning. When we went out I was really hungry. We had some s...