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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Hong Kong Trip Part Five - In Xian now!

 

While we were visiting our daughter in Hong Kong during our second week we flew to Xian for a few days, a present from her in fact. She knew how keen my husband in particular was to see The Terracotta Army in situ and not just a few pieces on loan to some museum so she arranged this trip for us.  We had a fabulous time there with so much of interest to us to see, it was however bitterly cold in contrast to Hong Kong.

There is no way I can possibly post all the photos I took during our stay so I am just posting very edited highlights here and once again for those of you that may be interested the full set can be found here. Xian 

Xian City Wall - Spring Lantern Exhibition

Xian Volume One 031

Xian - Forest of Stelae Museum

Xian Volume One 063

Xian - The Bell Tower

Xian Volume One 191

Xian - The Drum Tower

Xian Volume One 149

Xian - Street Vendor

Xian Volume One 212

Xian - Terracotta Army

China Xian Volume Two 063

Xian - Silk Factory

China Xian Volume Two 103

Xian - Buddhist Temple Lintong Bowuguan

China Xian Volume Two 117

Xian - Great Goose Pagoda Square - Fountain Show

Xian China Volume Three 050

 Two rather bad videos I took, but they give you the idea!

Xian - Great Goose Pagoda

Xian China Volume Three 122

Xian Opera Gardens - Musical Entertainment

Xian China Volume Three 197

I hope you enjoyed this taster of all there is to explore in Xian, besides The Terracotta Army, which by the way was absolutely awesome!

5 comments:

  1. Looks amazing! I've always been fascinated by the Terracotta Army...it's on my life list.

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  2. Your pictures are amazing!!! Such great things you've seen!!!!!!

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  3. Gorgeous photos. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. A fabulous trip you and your husband had Linda.. :-) photos are brilliant, lots and lots of wonderful sights to be seen, Love the colours in the Lantern Exhibition. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. Thankyou all for your comments which I appreciate you taking the time to write. I am glad you are enjoying the photos but I am only planning one more set to post here on the Blog. However you are more than welcome to view the rest at My Flickr account. I should have loaded the final ones within the next few days.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/mctumble/collections/72157623596335551/

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