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Arriving at the Xian Sheraton Hotel after a flight from Beijing.
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After a night's rest, our group started on a tour of the city. Look at the pink cheeks on this little guy.
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It was lunch time when we were on our tour.
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I was beginning to wonder where the women were.
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Going through these streets made me so thankful of where I live.
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Oops!
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It seems like such a sad place to live.
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We saw this group of Chinese soldiers walking down the road.
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This is one mode of transporting their goods around.
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His job is delivering bamboo across town.
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I would say that it is probably wash day.
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They stopped working long enough for me to get their picture.
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We saw this huge ferris wheel but no one was on it.
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I was wondering why the little girl wasn't riding in the cart.
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China's interpretation of U-Haul!
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There seemed to be a haze over the entire city.
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We stopped at a school and some of the children practiced their English with us.
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This little girl was so cute. The book she was reading was written in English.
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The teacher demonstrated some Chinese art.
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We have arrived at the main attraction of Xian......the Terra Cotta Warriors.
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We have arrived at China's greatest archaeological attraction, the Qin Mausoleum. More than 2000 years ago, the "Emperor Qin Shi Huang was buried in an earth mound, along with more than 6000 life-sized terra cotta warriors, archers, and infantrymen, together with their horse and chariots.
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Standing alongside one of the warriors and his horse.
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In the early 1970's, farmers digging a well accidentally uncovered some of the buried soldiers. This is the man that found them first. I felt so lucky to meet him.
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THIS IS IT! Absolutely breathtaking. Three large pits have been uncovered and walkways have been constructed to give you a bird's-eye view.
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I'm standing in front of the biggest pit.
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I've moved off to the side to get a different view. You can see that they are still uncovering some of the soldiers.
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I was able to use my telephoto lens to get up close and personal.
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This whole thing is just so unbelievable, and to know I met the man that discovered it is incredible.
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This is the second pit they have discovered. Each man and each horse has its own distinct personality. Wow.
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These have just been unearthed.
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This shows how they work on each section.
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This is that same pit taken from the other side.
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After viewing the warriors, I went into the shop where you could buy replicas of the warriors. These are two of the people helping in the store.
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This is what part of the store looks like. People did actually buy some of these big soldiers.
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I bought one of these pieces of pottery you see in the background. I couldn't believe I got it home without it breaking.
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This is a closer view of the pottery pieces.
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They had some of the warriors in the store so the public could get a close view.
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After leaving the Mausoleum, we walked along the street where there were tons of people selling their goods. Many of them were beautiful and I did buy some things.
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This is a close up of one of the stands. I bought several things for the grand kids.
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These ladies wanted to see what I had bought in the mausoleum. I was keeping my fingers crossed that nothing would break.
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This gal kept following me around so I decided to take a picture of her, which she loved.
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That night at dinner, we were able to enjoy a Tang Dynasty cultural show.
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In the first part of the show, the acrobats performed.
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They were amazing.
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After the acrobats, the dancing part of the show began.
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I didn't quite understand some of it, but it was still interesting.
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This gal was absolutely exquisite with her dancing.
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Our dinner table was in the back of the room, but I sneaked up to the front and sat on the floor to get some of these shots! = ) It was fun!
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They are all so graceful. I'm sure they learn this at an early age.
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This is the beginning of the finale. Some of these girls were quite young and so beautiful.
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This cultural show was a nice way to end our stay in Xian.
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