After spending in Sichuan long time we finally got our visas extended and were ready to go Xian. Our hostel booked us tickets for a night train to Xian, and the girl working in that hostel went with us to train station to fix some issues related either to date or hours of departure. After solving one problem there appeared to be another one. Apparently our train was a special train coming from Tibet, which meant that to get into foreigners needed to have special permission, which we didn't have and our hostel didn't know about. After long talks with train station staff and police the girl managed to get us into the train. Chinese policemen appeared to be very helpful!
When we entered the train almost all the people being in the train surrounded us to ask where we are from. If you are by chance going to travel to China and you come from Lithuania, do not bother to explain Chinese where you come from. Not only they won't understand where it is, they will even give up after pronouncing two first sounds of the word "Lithuania". This time I had no will to expain everyone where I come from, so I left this task to Andrejs, who after long explanations started draw the map of the world locating on it, first Latvia, and after Lithuania, which made everyone even more confused. In the next door compartment there was a lady, who, after Andrejs long explanations, decided to clarify things by asking again where we came from. This time we just said we come from Europe, to what the lady replied "Eulope? What is it? I don't know Eulope!". The train itself was very cool, it was the train assigned to go on the highest railway in the world which exceeds 4 km. Above each bed in the train you counld find an oxigen supply.
In early the morning we arrived to Xian from where we took a bus to see famous army of terracotta. Terracotta army is a must see sightseeing in China, discovere in 1974 by accident by local farmers who were digging the ground. In total there are 3 big pits containing discovered and undiscovered warriors. One of the pits was till mostly untouched with many worriers still to be unearthed.
Altogether over 7,000 pottery soldiers, horses, chariots, and even weapons have been unearthed from these pits. Most of them have been restored to their former grandeur.
The largest (Nr. 1) pit.
In China it is usually quite hot, so to cool down themselves Chinese men very often raise their t-shirts and tight them above the belly, just like this driver.
When we entered the train almost all the people being in the train surrounded us to ask where we are from. If you are by chance going to travel to China and you come from Lithuania, do not bother to explain Chinese where you come from. Not only they won't understand where it is, they will even give up after pronouncing two first sounds of the word "Lithuania". This time I had no will to expain everyone where I come from, so I left this task to Andrejs, who after long explanations started draw the map of the world locating on it, first Latvia, and after Lithuania, which made everyone even more confused. In the next door compartment there was a lady, who, after Andrejs long explanations, decided to clarify things by asking again where we came from. This time we just said we come from Europe, to what the lady replied "Eulope? What is it? I don't know Eulope!". The train itself was very cool, it was the train assigned to go on the highest railway in the world which exceeds 4 km. Above each bed in the train you counld find an oxigen supply.
In early the morning we arrived to Xian from where we took a bus to see famous army of terracotta. Terracotta army is a must see sightseeing in China, discovere in 1974 by accident by local farmers who were digging the ground. In total there are 3 big pits containing discovered and undiscovered warriors. One of the pits was till mostly untouched with many worriers still to be unearthed.
Altogether over 7,000 pottery soldiers, horses, chariots, and even weapons have been unearthed from these pits. Most of them have been restored to their former grandeur.
The largest (Nr. 1) pit.
In China it is usually quite hot, so to cool down themselves Chinese men very often raise their t-shirts and tight them above the belly, just like this driver.
3 comments:
Wow, amazing. Really cool pictures.
I decide now that in the next years I have also to go to China.
I hope you guys are fine. Cu in London or in Skype.
Wow, thanx for the reports I am really enjoying them :)))
It may make them easier to understand to say "Lithuanian" in your own language or in Russian. The Chinese word for "Lithuanian" is translated directly from Russian, not English :-).
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