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It's like we are there with you Keep it up really enjoying ur trip Del
21st Oct 2019 9:27 am
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I wonder if I could get on retainer from the China Tourist Board.
21st Oct 2019 9:47 am
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OK, pics time. Battling the firewall again, my free Expess VPN trail has ended and it’s not letting me sign up again.
Will bung them up & edit accordingly. And no, the first pic is not of the butt of a random Xi’an lady, it’s of the fish in the bag. It was fresh, still flapping fresh!!
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Our first view of the walls around Xi’an, which we’ll see tomorrow. Somehow the advertising screen just fitted in. Round the corner is the bus station, complete with PLA chap standing so still we both thought he was a mannequin. Until he moved. Braver dude than me would take his pic.
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TW time. Normal service bus there, avoided all the touts for more expensive “tourist” buses and we were there in an hour.
True bucket list stuff.
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This is how they were found after initial excavation. All the “intact” soldiers were reconstructed from these remains after plundering, flooding, fire and collapse of the roof beams/roofing.
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When you got go you got to go.
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All the above were from Pit 1, I only took one pic of Pit 2 which shows how it was discovered. I thought I took more. The sags are where the roof has collapsed.
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And a fully reconstructed archer.
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Then back to Xi’an, about a 2 hour trip just in time to get scrubbed up for dinner.
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21st Oct 2019 10:31 am
Rnclayton
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And no, the first pic is not of the butt of a random Xi’an lady, it’s of the fish in the bag
I just sprayed coke out my nose, and I haven't even seen the pic yet....
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21st Oct 2019 10:44 am
detritus22
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21st Oct 2019 11:01 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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No more pics on my phone. I know I took far more pics in Pits 2 and 3 after the archer pic but they are not stored. SWMBO agreed as she had me take specific pics, SWMBO being ex archaeologist and has discerning standards in pics, me being just the photographer.
21st Oct 2019 11:18 am
detritus22
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You just cant get the proper help these days
21st Oct 2019 11:34 am
ianm27
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Great pics Del - well the ones you took and managed to save I would blame the equipment, after all it's never the operator's fault
The TW look a really awesome sight. I imagine even more impressive in real life.Uncle Ray's spare wheel protector
Limo Tint
Blackvue front & rear dashcam
Cruise control switch pack
Bodsy's remote for FBH
21st Oct 2019 11:46 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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At least SWMBO thinks/knows I took them and a happy wife is a happy life. Supposedly.
It’s been nice knowing you peeps.
21st Oct 2019 12:07 pm
gstuart
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Hi Del
Wow , I bet the pictures don’t do them justice and are awe inspiring
Fantastic pics, where will u be heading after this plse
21st Oct 2019 2:24 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Train day after tomorrow to Nanning, all 13 hours of it, then two nights there. After that train to Hanoi then all the way to Ho Chi Minh by train.
21st Oct 2019 2:27 pm
detritus22
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Maybe she will forget Del
21st Oct 2019 2:32 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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I don’t get that lucky.
21st Oct 2019 2:39 pm
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DSL wrote:
Train day after tomorrow to Nanning, all 13 hours of it, then two nights there. After that train to Hanoi then all the way to Ho Chi Minh by train.
, many thks
my brother went to Vietnam and wanted to go to a Zoo , think it was near Nanning , but was either too far to travel or something about visas crossing the border
Great pics Del
22nd Oct 2019 8:27 am
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Yes, Nanning is this side of the border in China. Not sure I’d want to go to a zoo in this part if the world, either here or in Vietnam. It’s going to be a fun overnight train to Hanoi as there are very long stops for the immigration/customs formalities. Plus it’ll be hot. We’ve been wandering around today in 14c, Nanning is at 28c and Hanoi up at 32c. Many buckets will be sweated until we get acclimatised.
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The sags are where the roof has collapsed.
