Xian and the terracotta army

Close up shot of infantry!!!!
Vault one-one of the many rows of 8000 warriors.
The horses of 2 carriages rebuilt by joining lots of pieces together.
The famous bronze chariot.
Latest wedding fashion in Xian! What do you think Jamsie and Cath?

Been in Xian for 3 days and not done a lot-had a well deserved rest after being so busy in Beijing. Visited the terracotta army on the public bus-8 Juan for 1 and a half hours (about 50p). Rather a rickety bus and the windows sounded like they were going to fall out. After dodging an overhead crane balanced across a pre war wagon extending half the length of the van front and back and without any escort and a wagon full of chickens we finally arrived at the terracotta army. There were 3 vaults of warriors to see and the buildings encasing them were very impressive.
By the way, we thought we'd escaped the bad weather and found the sun, but unfortunately not! It has drizzled ever since we arrived here!
We visited the muslim quarters within the city walls which was quite an experience-big frying pans steaming in the open streets, dodging tuk tuks and mopeds. A mixture of kebab houses and market stalls. A nice atmosphere.
Next stop-Chengdu and Chonquing to catch the local ferry down the Yangzi for 3 nights to Yichang to see the 3 gorges.