Outside the city walls of Xi'an

Atop the City Wall. It's 14km to walk or ride all the way around

One of the many buildings on top of the walls

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I don't know what the hell this is, but it looks mean.....

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Looking outside the city walls

A view of the moat outside the walls

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The south gate to the city

We met up with a few Backpackers for the tour of the Terracotta warriors. Knut and Stine from Norway and Kamila from Sweden

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We've had a jade statue of this in our bedroom for years without realising what it was! Now we know that it was the emperor's carriage

The terracotta warriors

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The wooden poles that they were holding have long since rotted

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The heads were all made separately, which is why the came off so easily

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This site was discovered when a farmer was digging a well in the 1970's. This is the site of the well

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One of the generals

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