5.09.2011

beijing and xian

just a few things we managed to do on our trip:

-65 hours of travel time on a train

-ate donkey, scorpion, and delicious street food

-visited the summer palace

-saw the temple of heaven, lama temple and confucius temple

-shopped at the famous pearl factory and silk market

-saw an acrobat show--which included 5 people riding motorcycles in a metal cage

-climbed the GREAT WALL

-visited a jade factory and a silk museum

-saw the olympic nest

-participated in a tea ceremony

-walked around tiananmen square

-saw mao zedong's body

-explored the forbidden city

-saw muslims praying at the muslim quarters

-looked at the TERRACOTTA WARRIORS

-took close to 1,500 pictures

i think i would call this trip a huge success!

WO AI CHINA.

-k

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