Xi'an

For those of you who do not know about Xi'an I will try and fill you in with my limited knowledge. It was the acient capital of China at its peak it was the largest and most important city in the world. It was the capital of the great Han and Tang Dynasties. It is also the home of the Terra Cotta warriors. Which if you do not know is an entire army of over 9000 uniquily made clay soldiers. It was absolutely spectacular. I was warned that before I went that I may be dissapointed with it but I must tell you that I was not it was even more impressive than I thought it would be. I had goose bumps when I walked in. I know alot of you have probably seen pictures of it but I do not think they are able to captue the scale of how grand they are. If you ever come to China I would highly suggest you see the Great Wall and the Terra Cotta warriors. I just cannot say enough about either of them. Other than we went to the Famen temple which is believed to hold a bone of the Buddha that was sent there from India. We also visited few tombs of the great emperors of China. It is really quite bizarre because surrounding Xi'an you can see these piles of dirt everywhere out in the middle of fields I litereally mean everywhere and they are all tombs of some emperor or the emporors brother, mother or favorite concubine. I mean the amount of history in that place is extraordinary. The only problem was after the Terra Cotta warriors everything seemed anti climatic. I enjoyed the rest of the trip but it could not comparte to the warriors.