Title: China 2009: Xian and the Terracotta Soldiers

P1110627.JPG|In the Beijing train station on the way to Xian
P1110630.JPG|Waiting to board our car
P1110642.JPG|On the way to Xian
P1110664.JPG|Looking for our ride outside the Xian train station
P1110666.JPG|A peacock at our hotel in Xian
P1110668.JPG|A peacock at our hotel in Xian
P1110671.JPG|Tai Chi lesson
P1110672.JPG|Our hotel has a Japanese theme
P1110708.JPG|Terracotta Soldiers, Pit 1
P1110711.JPG|Terracotta Soldiers, Pit 1
P1110712.JPG|Terracotta Soldiers, Pit 1
P1110716.JPG|Sign notes where farmer drilled a well and discovered the soldiers
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P1110731.JPG|A yet to be excavated soldier
P1110745.JPG|Terracotta Soldiers, Pit 2
P1110746.JPG|Terracotta Soldiers, Pit 2
P1110753.JPG|Terracotta Soldiers, Pit 2
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P1110766.JPG|A bronze halberd that was discovered
P1110769.JPG|Photo showing the color (that faded quickly in the air)
P1110774.JPG|Part of the museum exhibit
P1110779.JPG|Bronze horses and chariot
P1110788.JPG|Arrows (note the blunt practice arrows)
P1110800.JPG|In a spice market in Xian
P1110801.JPG|In a spice market in Xian
P1110803.JPG|They willingly posed for the photo
P1110808.JPG|In a spice market in Xian
P1110821.JPG|At the Show with Dumplings
P1110823.JPG|The dumplings (1 of 10 courses)
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P1110828.JPG|The emcees
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P1110874.JPG|Entry to Xian wall surrounding the center of the city
P1110876.JPG|On the Xian wall
P1110880.JPG|On the Xian wall
P1110881.JPG|On the Xian wall (with art students mixed in)
P1110882.JPG|Some art students we met
XianBikes.JPG|Riding tandem bikes around the entire wall is a tourist thing
P1110884.JPG|Solar water heaters on every house
P1110887.JPG|Inside the wall
P1110894.JPG|He asked to take Bob's photo with his girlfriend (white beard?)
P1110896.JPG|Greeters at the Guang Ming Primary School
P1110902.JPG|Guang Ming Primary School
P1110903.JPG|Bob being taught how to do papercutting
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P1110916.JPG|Getting ready for a tug-of-war
P1110919.JPG|The right side won
P1110921.JPG|Guang Ming Primary School
P1110922.JPG|The old side of the village where we spent the night
P1110931.JPG|The new side of the village
P1110937.JPG|The hosts for the two houses where we were put up
P1110938.JPG|A cutie
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P1110940.JPG|Neighborhood mahjongg game
P1110942.JPG|New house being constructed
P1110943.JPG|Every front yard was a vegetable garden
P1110947.JPG|Another mahjongg game in the middle of the street
P1110948.JPG|This is the passageway between the house and the kitchen
P1110954.JPG|Our host teaching how to make noodles
P1110956.JPG|Olga cutting the noodles
P1110961.JPG|Our host with Olga, Callie, and Bob R.
P1110963.JPG|Our host with her teenage daughter
P1110964.JPG|Karen and Olga at the village park
P1110966.JPG|Will exercising.  These devices are all over China in parks
P1110971.JPG|Will entertaing the kids in the park
P1110977.JPG|Olga being taught a dance by our local guide in the village
P1110978.JPG|Our local guide demonstrating a very complicated dance
P1110980.JPG|Line dancing Chinese style.  This happens every night from 8-10.
P1110983.JPG|She's almost got the dance down. She has her own fan.
P1110984.JPG|Another line dance
P1110987.JPG|Linda taking onthe competition
P1110992.JPG|The reason for the split in the pants toddlers wear
P1110996.JPG|Local artist drawing for us
P1120001.JPG|This guy is fairly famous and he is from the village
P1120002.JPG|Homemade wheelbarrel
P1120011.JPG|A water buffalo
P1120014.JPG|On the road to the Yangtze