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| Xi'an (no idea why the ') is the location of the Terra Cotta Warriors. Pretty impressive array of clay soldiers and horses, all with individual features. |
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| This is the 'hospital area' where the freshly unearthed warriors are repaired prior to being put on display. They still have years worth of warriors to fix and likely many more sites to unearth. Xi'an was the center of power in China for hundreds of years. |
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| All of the warriors were originally painted but within hours of being exposed to the air the colors fade to beige. |
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| The cave on the top left is the home of cliff dwellers that live close to Xi'an; naturally cool in the summer and warm in winter. Not so brilliant at venting smoke, though. |
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| This woman lives in a residence attached to a cave. Her husband is a cook in another town and her kids are working in the city. She tends to her vegetable garden and her walnut orchards on her own….which she seems to prefer. She was really quick and funny and bragged about how she beat all the men at Mahjong. |
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| We were thrilled with she pulled out her tiles and offered to teach us how to play. |
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| Within short order other women from the village joined the game and at one point four of them were ensuring that Bruce didn't make any wrong moves. |
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| Xi'an (the city, not the warrior site) is surrounded by a 13km long defensive wall that you can bike on top of…very cool views down into the city. |
