| | The train station was huge...and this was only one of the four in Beijing. | |
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| | The bell tower of Xian...this was looking out of our hotel window. | |
| | | The Little Goose pagoda with fifteen tiers. | |
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| | | Night time traffic around the bell tower. | |
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| | On the way to Emperor Qin's tomb | |
| | | The pollution in Xian was exceptionally bad | |
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| | The smog was getting to us...we all felt pretty run down. | |
| | | Translation was not always clear | |
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| | The 2000 year old army of Terracotta warriors was started by Emperor Qin. | |
| | | There are over 7500 different figures and each one has a different face. | |
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| | After Qin died, many of the workers came back and destroyed the figures. | |
| | | Many of the ones in these pictures have been put back together. | |
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| | A huge structure was built to protect them . This was one of three. | |
| | | All of the warriors used to have weapons. Most of them were stolen by looters. | |
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| | Besides warriors, there were also horses and thier riders. | |
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| | This is what they looked like before they were repaired. | |
| | | Kristine tries not to step on a crack! | |
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| | | The bodies were made from similar molds but the heads were all different. | |
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| | | It's hard to see, but this bus was on fire! | |
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| | Flowers...try again...these are skewers of meat. | |
| | | smoke stacks were everywhere....few had scrubbers to clean the smoke. | |
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