June 2014 - Xi'an, China
We couldn't go to the north of China without stopping by Xi'an to see the terracotta soldiers at the tomb of the Qin emperor. What an amazing art project, and at such an incredible scale. Xi'an itself was also a pretty cool city.
We couldn't go to the north of China without stopping by Xi'an to see the terracotta soldiers at the tomb of the Qin emperor. What an amazing art project, and at such an incredible scale. Xi'an itself was also a pretty cool city.
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| The bullet train from Beijing | Approaching the tomb, where the excavated soldiers are | The main hanger of excavated soldiers. Quite the army! |
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| I wonder if the sculptors were trying to prove a point by not making them all look the same | Horse units | |
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| Some well armored soldiers | ||
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| This unit included the invisible man | ||
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| These guys got in trouble and had to spend eternity facing the wall | ||
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| All those heads poking over the walls | ||
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| A collection of soldiers in another building | An unexcavated portion | Close up on an archer |
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| The beautiful green mountains near the tomb | The metropolis of Xi'an | |
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| A pretty funky building | KTV. Whoop-de-do. I don't think that means what they think it does. | People lining up in an orderly fashion for the train. You'll never see that in America. |
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| Not only is the board at the bus terminal running windows, but it apparently has an almost-certainly-pirated copy of photoshop. | The medieval wall of Xi'an | |
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| At the airport - We're heading back to America! |