What a crazy last couple of days. First the Terra-cotta Warriors on Tuesday and then Mt. Huashan on Wednesday. Its been an intense couple of days. I’m leaving Xi’an tomorrow and am kinda sad to leave. Xi’an is actually pretty big, but once you get inside the “city walls” it…
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Xian and the Terracotta Warriors
Tuesday morning I woke up pretty early because I wanted to have a good day at the Terra-Cotta Museum. The first bus left at 8:30, but between getting on the wrong bus, catching a bus back to the hostel, and grabbing a bus headed in the right direction, and then…
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Mt. Tai
I arrived in Jinan after a pretty awful 13 hour overnight train ride from Datong. I boarded at 4pm in Datong, and pulled into Jinan just after 5am. It was a painful ride as most of sleeper beds were sold out, so I grabbed one of the last “hard” seats…
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Jinan
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Datong
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Chinese Dragon Festival
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Beijing Day 2
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The Great Wall
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Beijing – Day 1
Tiananmen Square Tiananmen Square Tiananmen Square The Forbidden City The Forbidden City Jingshan Park Forbidden City The Forbidden City The Forbidden City – Looking down from Jinsang Park The Bird Nest – Olympic NestForbidden City
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The last days in Seoul
Olympic Stadium Sungnyemun (Gate) – Served as the main entrance to the fortress. Destroyed by fire, but rebuilt in 2012. Hostel Really amazing Museum and design building – Dongdaemun Design Plaza Seoul Temple Really cool architecture all throughout Seoul Korean War…