Terricotta Army Day

October 19th, 2009 by admin

We started this morning with some suprise excerise. We took a trip to see Xi’an’s city wall and it turns out that the best way to see it is on bicycle. We pedaled around on our wobbly bikes taking in the sites of the wall and the city. We saw it as a challange to get around the whole thing which is 14K! Once we made it back we were taught a little bit of Ti Chi on top of the wall, it was a really amazing place to see and the only intact city wall left in China.

After that we headed off to take a tour around the Terricotta Army. Firstly though was a trip to see the Warrior workshop where many of the replicas are made, including the ones which came to London. This was our chance to buy some minatures to bring home. I’d have loved to have had a full size one, but they were a bit too expensive right now, however, one of our group did buy one and I can’t wait to see the pictures from when they get it home!

Then with excitement we headed to see the Army itself, one of the wonders of the world. Everybody had probably heard and seen things about the army, but to see the huge room with rows and rows of warriers was much grander and awe inspiraring than we expected. We spent time wandering through the 3 pits on show and looking at the men in various states for disrepare.

An incredable day and our last day as a whole group. Tomorrow we break off into our seperate tours and will be a sad to say goodbye to really nice bunch of people.

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