Despite the fast pace of modernity changing the face of some of China's major cities, its not hard to step out of the shadows of the newly constructed skyscrapers and still find the ancient side of one of the world's oldest civilizations. Ponder the legends and myths of the Forbidden City, discover the wonder that is the Great Wall or stare into the timeless expressions of the silent Terracotta Warriors. Traverse the vast land that is China, spreading from the the islands of Hong Kong across the Gobi desert into central Asia, the north sees it sharing boarders with Russia and Mongolia while in the south you can gaze at the magnificent Himalayan mountains.