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Relaxation
... chariots that were buried. That night we went to a dumpling banquet and dinner show. The dumplings kept coming and coming. There were too many. But, they were really good. Xi'an is famous for its dumplings. The dinner show was the cultural music and dance of the Tang dynasty. It was very good. They did a lot of those sleeve dances, which I really like. Today, we went to the Shaanxi Cultural History Musuem. It was really cool. It went ...
Culture Shock
... for thousands of years. The pictures below show a few of the places I have been, and a ...
Climb Mt. Huashan
... it would be up there after all the tourist have gone down the mountain and you're left up there in peace and quiet. It was truly beautiful. I'll post the iPhone photos, but the good camera's photos won't be posted until we get back to Austin. The trip back was uneventful. We got back by around 9pm and actually ate in the executive lounge. We were too tired to go out and get food and we liked the economics. We have to get up at 5AM tomorrow morning, so we're off to ...
The Terracotta Warriors
... everyone was a little bit shorter, but still pretty big. When I first saw them, I thought they were maybe 2/3 size.
I think it’s probably better to go to pit 2 and 3 first before seeing pit 1, as you can see figures up close in pit 2 and pit 3 is much smaller, so pit 1 would have a real wow factor. At the end of the day, however you see them, they are still incredible. Just perhaps a more intellectual incredible rather than a feeling in ...
Qin Terra Cotta Warriors!
... finally went into Pit 1. It was MASSIVE! It was really impressive to see how many warriors they managed to put back together and stand in rows like they were heading into battle.
I stayed in Pit 3 for probably an hour just walking around trying not to get too irritated by the seven million people that were in there and pushing their way to the front of the railing to take a picture. I don’t like crowds of ...
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