After
a great breakfast we were off to see the Terracotta Warriors. Now
travelling on the streets and roads of China is quite an
adventure.....we thought we had seen traffic in Beijing....but it is
nothing compared with Xian.....it is like a sheer bedlam....crosswalks
are just a suggestion (Maureen’s saying) to cross a street you cross one
lane at a time, stopping on the yellow line in the middle as cars go
whizzing by, even when it’s a light for you the cars keep coming. The
traffic circles are 5 lanes wide.....buses, cars, taxis, motorbikes and
bikes switching/crisscrossing from one lane to the other, as pedestrians
make their way in between. Today on the freeway someone in front of us
took the wrong exit ...went half way up and then backed down again to
get on the freeway!!! and a motorbike was coming towards us on the
shoulder coming home. And bicycles....well these guys are like high
wire acrobats with everything balanced precariously....we have seen them
carrying mattresses, furniture, 20 large boxes, and even a frame for an
awning that looked to be about 15 feet long and 4 feet wide and 6 feet
high!!!! It is crazzzzzzzy!!!!
It took about an hour to get 33 kms on the freeway making one stop at a terracotta warrior factory.....dropping a little more money after finding out how they are made today and how they think they were made then.
Then on to the Terracotta Warriors.....the park is large with 3 main buildings....Pit 1 which is the largest, like a large football stadium. This is where the archaeologists have uncovered about 6000 foot soldiers and horses. Pit 2 was the archers, the horses and the chariots. Pit 3 was the deepest and it was the generals....altogether about 8000 full sized soldiers, no two alike. It was discovered in 1974 by 5 farmers digging a well and is considered the most important archaeological find of the 20th century. One of the farmers still works at the museum signing books.
It took about an hour to get 33 kms on the freeway making one stop at a terracotta warrior factory.....dropping a little more money after finding out how they are made today and how they think they were made then.
Then on to the Terracotta Warriors.....the park is large with 3 main buildings....Pit 1 which is the largest, like a large football stadium. This is where the archaeologists have uncovered about 6000 foot soldiers and horses. Pit 2 was the archers, the horses and the chariots. Pit 3 was the deepest and it was the generals....altogether about 8000 full sized soldiers, no two alike. It was discovered in 1974 by 5 farmers digging a well and is considered the most important archaeological find of the 20th century. One of the farmers still works at the museum signing books.
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| Pam, Maureen, Barb & Carol amonng the Warriors |
Then
back to the hotel for a free afternoon.......Carol and Barb went for a
walk and Pam and Maureen started to pack because we have to get up at
5:00am to fly to Guilin.
This evening we went to a dinner show....The Story of the Tang Dynasty. Lots of singing, dancing and beautiful costumes and sets....oh and another 10 course dinner....I think we are all gaining weight.
This evening we went to a dinner show....The Story of the Tang Dynasty. Lots of singing, dancing and beautiful costumes and sets....oh and another 10 course dinner....I think we are all gaining weight.
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