Canaan International Xi'an

... terre cuite. C'est plutot une ville jeune et trepidente de 8 millions d'habitants qui est encore plus polluee que Beijing. L'auberge y est aussi jeune et bruyante et le bar a beau fermer vers 11h30, le party continue toute la nuit.

Nous avons donc visite les "Terra-cotta Warriors", le highlight de mon voyage jusqu'a maintenant. Cet empereur voulait se garantir une vie eternelle et a fait reproduire son armee de 6000 soldats (tous ...

... are friendly, running to the bottom of the garden just to wave to say hello. This was a welcome change to city life where everyone stares at you and never says a
word. The tracked narrowed, then narrowed some more, we were now in farmers fields full of orange trees, so we picked a few and charged our sugar levels a little. soon we were riding through the bushes as the track disappeared all together ...

... a model for almost every other country until the 18th century. He was the world's most powerful person in the world's most powerful country. There was no challenger. He considered his rule superior to any in Chinese history with perfectly good justification. He quickly became obsessed with the longevity of himself and his dynasty. Threats to his reign were savagely quashed. Books were banned, then burned ...

... help) and you can walk or ride bikes all the way around it. We did not have time for that, but we did have time for an informative little talk about feng shwei (sp?) which I really enjoyed by the way, but I didn't enjoy the sales pitches at the end for buying trinkets. The hawkers are everywhere here. It makes me wonder if it is the same in the US and I just don't notice it. Then it was time to head to the airport, but with an unexpected stop. Originally I had asked our guide if ...

... they came about and why the warriors are damaged. Site 3, the smallest, had the Generals and high ranking officers in it along with some horses. This site had been badly damaged during the raids and consequently only had a few complete statues. Site 2 is still largely being excavated, and doesn't contain any complete warriors. There are however some complete warriors on the side depicting archers, generals, and infantry ...

... poznej 10 rozdílů"). Dál vede romanticky zaprásená cesta poli az k hlavní silnici. Na oběd kotvíme v zapadlé restauraci, kde si dáváme knedlíčky plněné masem. Jako první věc servírka polozila na stůl s hůlkami i toaleťák, coz v nás vzbudilo mírné obavy;). Maso se nakonec ukázalo býti něčím jako petrzelí. Chutné to moc nebylo, toaleťák vsak třeba nebyl. S Kamilem pak jestě nechtěně objízdíme cel ...

... considered. In the morning, we had two hours to walk along and appreciate the beauty of the lake before heading off for Lhasa.

En route we noticed a local festival thing going on so stopped to investigate. It turned out to be some Tibetan horsemen, dressed in traditional costume performing stunts from their horses. The only stunt we got to see was where they ride as fast as they could down the sand track, bending to the side ...